Opinion: High-Speed Internet Gaps in Pennsylvania Shameful The pockets of high-speed Internet wasteland that pockmark Pennsylvania are shameful in an age when good i\Internet accessibility is as ubiquitous, for most, as postal service and electricity. by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette / February 2, 2021 Shutterstock/ESB Professional (TNS) — The pockets of high-speed internet wasteland that pockmark Pennsylvania are shameful in an age when good internet accessibility is as ubiquitous, for most, as postal service and electricity. And in this pandemic moment in time, those deserts of affordable and reliable connectivity threaten quality of life and education, creating two classes of citizens — the haves and have-nots — on opposite sides of a digital divide.