Editorial Report: Rural Broadband: Policy, Progress and Narrowing the Digital Divide

Closing the urban/rural digital divide has been a telecom policy focus for years, and it has been part of the conversation around everything from Congressional funding to the merger of T-Mobile US and Sprint.

So what is the state of deployment? What programs are in place, who is building and how are the challenges of providing wireless and wired broadband service in rural areas being addressed?