$42-billion Will Give 65 Million Households A Basic Human Right

The world is about to change for 65 million American housholds: they will be getting broadband connectivity for their residences, and will be able to join the connected world! Nearly a quarter of American households today don’t have high-speed internet. At an average of two people per household and <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/183635/number-of-households-in-the-us/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">131 million households</a>, that works out to 65.5-million unconnected domiciles. The States now have six months to get their proposals in to the federal regulators to show how they propose to spend their allotments. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:626/1*epx5Uwy06tegwTGnA4s5dA.png" style="height:316px; width:626px" /> The UN has declared that broadband is so essential to interaction today that it is one of the very basic <a href="https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/internet-right-57752/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">human rights</a> — and it has been for the past ten years. Increasing Internet access is one of the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as it plays a central role in “accelerating human progress.” It also condemns any government that willingly disrupts their citizens’ free access to the Internet. <a href="https://barry-gander.medium.com/42-billion-will-give-65-million-americans-a-basic-human-right-3854c312701d">Learn More</a>