Waste Is Seen in Program to Give Internet Access to Rural U.S. - NYTimes.com
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/technology/waste-is-seen-in-program-to-give-internet-access-to-rural-us.html?pagewante
Aux #États-unis, on tire des #câbles n’importe comment dans certaines zones rurales
Rural areas certainly suffer a lack of high-speed Internet access. While about 88 percent of urban households in the United States have access to high-speed #cable Internet service, only 40 percent of rural households do, according to the Federal Communications Commission and the Commerce Department.
About 20 percent of United States households have access to #fiber optic Internet service, the fastest connection, compared with 86 percent in Japan and two-thirds in South Korea. But the Eagle-Net experience in Colorado demonstrates that in the haste to get broadband everywhere, some grant planners appeared not to have taken into account the current condition of #infrastructure.