rural internet

Vilsack: ReConnect Money Will Open Up Opportunities
Vilsack: ReConnect Money Will Open Up Opportunities
On Thursday, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the Department is awarding $502 million in loans and grants to provide high-speed internet access in 20 states.  The funding will be available for residents and businesses in rural America.  Vilsack...
Rural Homes with Persistent Poverty Have Less Access to Internet
Rural Homes with Persistent Poverty Have Less Access to Internet
Between 2015-2019, households in rural persistently poor counties were the least likely to have home internet.  According to ERS more than three in ten households lack internet access at home.  In comparison, only two in ten households in rural counties that were not persistently poor had no internet access at home.  A similar pa...