In Indiana, many still lack broadband access
In Indiana, many still lack broadband access Ledyard King and Mike Stucka USA TODAY NETWORK As federal officials debate pouring billions of dollars into broadband access, data suggests many of Indiana's schoolchildren and adults who preferred to work from home spent the pandemic with sub-par access to high-speed internet, particularly in the state's least-wealthy counties. Advocates say that "digital divide" across the United States is due largely to two factors: a lack of internet infrastructure in the country's rural reaches and the relatively high cost of broadband that has made the servic...