This is the heading for a pertinent article in the Wall Street Journal [ www.wsj.com ] of 16 June 2017.
It highlights the deplorable plight of rural America in regards to decent internet coverage, now seen as a necessity for business, education, healthcare and rural properties, let alone households.
While Australia has made considerable efforts to provide a decent service through the NBN, the once great US of A is struggling with services to rural areas.
We are not doing fantastically in Australia, but may be doing a great deal better than the USA it seems.
Read here - https://www.wsj.com/articles/rural-america-is-stranded-in-the-dial-up-age-1497535841
This should be relevant reading for all those outside capital cities in Australia, in terms of pursuing additional pressure on the Australian government to really consider rural Australia in NBN planning.
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