Technology Futures

Rural communities slowly getting more broadband

Submitted by acohill on Mon, 02/27/2006 - 09:59.

The number of rural people using broadband more than doubled between 2003 and 2005, but that is still just a little more than half the number of urban broadband users. A new Pew Foundation study says availability seems to the primary factor--no surprise to anyone that lives in a rural area of the U.S.