In Appalachia and rural Wisconsin, high-speed internet changed lives
Disconnected In Kentucky's 'Silicon Holler' and Wisconsin's Northwoods, high-speed internet is creating jobs, and changing lives Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 3:28 pm UTC Jun. 9, 2021 McKee, Ky. - Matt and Jennifer Muncy were dangerously close to becoming homeless. They had lost their livelihood when a local factory sent work to Mexico. They barely subsisted on a string of low-paying jobs that followed. Raising their four children in a part of Appalachia with a median annual household income barely above $32,000 — about half the national average — had become as lo...
Source: wausaudailyherald.com
