Lack of broadband creates digital divide - Part 1

For students at Ohio University, high-speed Internet access seems ubiquitous. From the dorms to computer labs and even through wireless access on College Green, students are able to connect wherever and whenever they want.

But in reality, there is a gap — the digital divide — between people who have access to the Internet and people who do not. Just as cell phone service gets spotty as one drives into the hills around Athens, so does Internet access. And without Internet access, people in rural Athens County are isolated not only from the rest of region, but also from educational and business opportunities.

"I think the general assumption is that everybody can access the Internet," said David Matusoff, director of technology planning for Whiteboard Broadband Solutions in Columbus, a broadband consulting group. "I don't think people are aware of (the digital divide)."


http://thepost.baker.ohiou.edu/articles/2007/05/31/news/20366.html

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[RATHAHONNI]

It's now 2011 and here at the six nation reserve in Ontario there is still many of us still don't have high speed internet.

[rm6565]

Certainly a big pet peeve of mine the lack of affordable broadband. I still wonder what is really holding it up. Especially WIFI wireless broadband. Its the year 2008 and it still seems we are so far behind when it comes to broadband.