West Virginia may have expanded broadband access, but...
West Virginia may have expanded broadband access, but still struggles with adoption, a Wednesday editorial in The Herald-Dispatch said (http://bit.ly/17nUeuy). “The issue arises from a recent federal report showing that 35.4 percent of West Virginia households don’t own a computer,…
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the second-highest rate in the nation behind Mississippi,” it said, citing NTIA data. “That proportion of homes without computers also largely explains why only about 59 percent of the state’s households subscribe to high-speed Internet service.” It pointed favorably to the efforts of Frontier in meeting West Virginia Public Service Commission service goals. “But if a large portion of households don’t have computers, more broadband access won’t necessarily boost the state’s digital connectivity by much,” said, the paper, urging government officials to retain traditional means of informing constituents.