When it comes to internet service in rural areas, the service quality has always suffered, mostly because of lower population counts and lack of infrastructure given the difficult terrain. In rural ...

Bailey works as a family and consumer sciences educator, connecting farmers and other rural residents to educational resources through the Oklahoma State University Extension. But even the extension ...

In an era of rapidly evolving AI tools, it may be time your company took steps to boost the rural data issue. The study, from University of Phoenix organizational wellness researcher Stella Smith, ...

Chris Disher, the co-owner of a rural internet provider in Louisiana, is ready to start digging to get fast and reliable internet to some of the estimated 450,000 households and small businesses in ...

The Department of Commerce has implemented yet more changes to the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program that will make internet access even harder for rural Americans. The NTIA is pushing to ...

The residents of Roane County, West Virginia, enjoy living among the rolling mountains and winding, two-lane roads. Situated between Charleston and Parkersburg, two of the state’s largest cities, the ...

There has long been an urban–rural digital divide, and the COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on this divide as internet access became crucial. Schools shifted instruction online; workers were asked ...

In a digital world, even rural employees’ well-being is impacted by internet accessibility and quality. According to official U.S. Census data, about one in five Americans lives in a rural area, and ...