By Leslie Stimson, Inside Towers Washington Bureau Chief
“We’ve
been talking about the rural digital divide for about 20 years. New
technology always comes to other areas before rural,” said Michael
Santorelli, Director, Advanced Communications Law & Policy Institute
at New York Law School, during a panel discussion Tuesday on closing
the digital divide.
Santorelli cited an FCC report that pegs the digital divide as affecting
19 million Americans, defining broadband internet speed as 25 mpbs
download/3mbps upload.
Indiana State Senator Eric Koch said, “This is one of those issues where
there is no silver bullet” to solve the issue. Rather, “It will take
some silver buckshot” to fix. “If there were an easy answer it would
have been solved years ago.”
In 2014, Indiana formed a rural broadband working group. Just defining
broadband and what it means to be “served” took up several initial
meetings, according to Koch. Continue Reading
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