This is a story that might just get you thinking about reporting on the so-called "digital divide." There are still communities that have no access to wireless.
They are willing to do just about anything to get hooked up -- including launching balloons loaded with electronics.
Read a story about this from The Wall Street Journal. The story, by the way, was among the most viewed stories last Thursday.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Bellevue venture capital firm Ignition Partners are
backers of
Extend America, a Bismarck, N.D., company that has
floated a similar idea.
Think how different life would be if you had no cell service where you lived. In some rural communities,
police worry that the
lack of wireless service compromises public safety.
A national campaign is underway among people who care about rural connectivity to stop an FCC plan to place a cap on the Universal Service Fund.
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