Microsoft commits $10 billion to bring broadband internet to rural America
 

Microsoft commits $10 billion to bring broadband internet to rural America
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Rural communities are often missing a lot of the commodities that urban hotspots can't imagine living without. There's **t a Starbucks or Soul Cycle on every corner, and broadband internet access isn't always a given.*

Microsoft is the latest tech company trying to make "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of rural broadband" its new motto. The company's new $10 billion Rural Airband Initiative is aimed at filling the gap of underserved rural Americans with affordable high-speed internet. Facebook, Google, and Amazon have all jumped into the area of providing some form of internet service, and **w we can finally add Microsoft to the list. Read more...

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