Pandemic highlights broadband internet gap for many in rural counties [telecom]

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By J.B. SMITH Waco Tribune-Herald

Fiber optic networks crisscross the university towns of Waco and Bryan-College Station, offering speeds of up to one gigabit per second, a river of data that connects people with entertainment, education, business and medical information.

But over much of the 90 miles between - in mostly rural Falls and Robertson counties - internet speed and adoption rates quickly drop off, along with the economic potential that technology represents, reporting by the Waco Tribune-Herald and The Eagle shows.