The Divide: New map shows 60M Americans lack Internet
Guest: Eric Frank, CEO, LightBox
Light Reading Podcasts · Phil Harvey
September 9, 202114m 16s
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Show Notes
On this episode, we hear from Eric Frank, CEO of LightBox – a real estate information and technology platform – on his company's just-released nationwide Internet connectivity map, revealing that roughly 60 million Americans are disconnected. That number far exceeds the FCC's most recent estimate of 14.5 million. We discuss the various data sources that went into producing LightBox's map, what it tells us about the bigger picture of the digital divide in the US, and how LightBox hopes to use its map to work with the FCC and state governments on closing the broadband gap.
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