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For millions of Americans, high-speed internet is unavailable or unaffordable − a telecommunications expert explains how to bring broadband to the places that need it the most

  • Written by Christopher Ali, Pioneers Chair in Telecommunications & Professor of Telecommunications, Penn State
imageBroadband is noticeably missing in rural, remote or Indigenous areas.Grant Faint/The Image Bank via Getty Images

Millions of Americans still don’t have access to high-speed internet. Christopher Ali, a professor of telecommunications at Penn State University, discusses who lacks access to broadband and how the federal government – with...

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