| 2023 - After the pandemic knocked millions of Americans back home to continue work and school, the importance of broadband access in the U.S. has come under a microscope.
While the transition had sweeping effects on our mental health, the struggle was compounded in states and areas with poor broadband access. Federal and state authorities have directed billions toward closing the broadband divide, but many Americans may still have a long wait for high-speed internet in their homes.
Most studies say West Virginia is dead last of 50 states with broadband access.
For 25 years, the Hur Herald reported about the state's lack of access - "Broadband Promises, Broadband Dreams."
Political announcements over those years have announced "promises" and initiatives, some indicating the state would have real broadband access by 2010.
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