Federal broadband subsidies improved rural internet access temporarily, but service declined after funding ended, highlighting challenges in sustaining connectivity in underserved areas.

Rural internet providers today typically employ one of five technologies to secure internet for rural areas: Fiber, satellite, DSL, wireless internet service and cellular broadband.

A leading budget carrier is poised to be the next with direct-to-cell satellite service after Starlink buys $17 billion worth ...

A growing number of states are rolling out subsidies for satellite connectivity in rural areas, a change that could be a boon to Elon Musk’s Starlink and another nascent service from Amazon ...

Viasat Satellite Internet Service has also been working to connect rural customers as demand soared, according to CMO of Global Broadband Services Steven Mesnick.

Pennsylvania families looking to escape city life for quieter living in the country cite the lack of broadband Internet service as a major sticking point. Internet service has long been a headache ...

Why is service often so poor? Why do 39 percent of Americans living in rural areas lack internet access that meets even the FCC’s minimum definition of “broadband” service?

Many people in rural America don’t have access to fast, affordable internet access. How might those communities connect to the global exchange of goods, services and ideas?

It was an effort that started in the summer of 2023 to get more people online in areas without internet service or where service was spotty at best. There are communities all over Berkeley County ...

After a rewrite of rules for the program, fiber internet is no longer being planned for an area in the state's northeast ...

He cited the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, which provided federal loans to build electricity service to rural areas, as an example of a potential solution.