Broadband in Appalachia

A wireless internet transmitter on the right cell tower beams data to subscribers in Whitesburg, Kentucky. Photo by Shawn Poynter/Daily Yonder
A wireless internet transmitter on the right cell tower beams data to subscribers in Whitesburg, Kentucky. Photo by Shawn Poynter/Daily Yonder

Broadband Analysis: Scrappy Wireless ISPs Get the Job Done

Rural areas don’t need to wait on expensive and hard-to-build fiber-to-the-home networks to start using broadband. In many cases, fixed wireless can provide a fast and affordable last-mile connection in underserved areas. And some communities are building the system themselves. WISPs – Wireless Internet Service Providers – are the un-song […]

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