Closing the gap
It’s not unusual for grade school teachers to assign their students homework that requires Internet access. The problem is that more than half of all households making under $25,000 don’t have broadband Internet service, versus a 95 percent broadband penetration rate among households with incomes over $150,000 per year. To help close the gap, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler is circulating a proposal to FCC members to approve a broadband subsidy of …read more
