05-04-2024 14:00 via theverge.com

We need a permanent solution for universal broadband access

Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images In August 2020, during the heart of the covid-19 pandemic when many schools were closed, social media and news outlets were awash with a picture of two grade school students sitting outside of a Taco Bell, attempting to do their schoolwork. That one picture changed millions of minds about the necessity for everyone in the US, regardless of economic status or geographic location, to have an affordable broadband Internet connection.
It would not
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