Innovation, Like Eggs, is Cheaper in the Country
August 23, 2013 By Gregg Fraley
ABSTRACT:
Do you assume that broadband web access is nearly universal? It’s not. Millions of rural Americans have no, or quite poor, web access. Our government allocated part of the 2.9 billion in the stimulus package (The American Recovery and Reinvestment act of 2009) to solve this problem. For many, probably most rural Americans — this had no impact at all. This inequality of access has the USA ranking 26th in the world. In Internet access! And we’re slipping.
This does not bode well for USA innovation.
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