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Broadband Access ‘Top Equity Issue’: NACo Panel

Broadband access is a "top equity issue" for counties, reported the National Association of Counties Broadband Task Force Wednesday. It should be a regulated utility to help bridge the digital divide. It supported better data collection and a collaborative effort…

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between federal and local stakeholders. The task force recommended a scalable federal definition of up to 1 Gbps symmetrical. There's "work that needs to be done by all of us ... to bridge that divide and level the playing field for communities, businesses and families forced to use antiquated 20th century technology,” said task force co-Chair and Wise County, Texas, Judge J.D. Clark.