Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs

Broadband technologies are currently being deployed primarily by the private sector throughout the United States. While the numbers of new broadband subscribers continue to grow, studies and data suggest that the rate of broadband deployment in urban and high income areas are outpacing deployment in rural and low-income areas. Some policymakers, believing that disparities in broadband access across American society could have adverse economic and social consequences on those left behind, assert that the federal government should play a more active role to avoid a "digital divide" in broadband access. One approach , adopted in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5)-is for the federal government to provide financial assistance to support broadband deployment in unserved and underserved areas.


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