Why Some Americans Don’t Have Internet Access | AJ+
January 28, 2018
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as posted by the channelTen percent of people in the U.S. don't have broadband internet, and the number is much higher among rural communities and the urban poor.
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High-speed internet is quickly becoming an essential part of modern-day society. But getting online is still a struggle for millions in the U.S. Should broadband internet be considered a utility, like electricity or water?
Learn more here:
Jacobin. “Net Neutrality Is Just the Beginning.”
Pew Research Center. “U.S. Smartphone Use in 2015.”
Vice. “The City That Was Saved by the Internet.”
Presented by: Imaeyen Ibanga
Written by: Kathryn Wheeler, Omar Duwaji, Imaeyen Ibanga
Shot by: Michael Zipkin, Michael Nguyen, Brian Joseph
Edited by: Michael Zipkin
Animations by: Joe Corea
Produced by: Kathryn Wheeler, Omar Duwaji
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