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  • Internet Companies Don't Want to Serve the Clearfork Valley. So Residents Are Working to Build Their Own Access

    Gabe Schwartzman

    December 14, 2020 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Clearfork Valley, Kentucky

    Community advocates in Clearfork Valley created their own public internet hotspot to bridge the digital divide, especially as the pandemic rendered high-speed internet more of a necessity than a luxury. Broadband companies were reluctant to run fiber-optic cables through the valley because the rural area wouldn't bring in a profit for the internet providers. A small nonprofit, Community Tech, NY, stepped in to help solve the problem by providing Portable Network Kits which provide internet access. Although it creates a small network, it's a huge step toward "stepping onto the technology highway."

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