First Rural Health Strategy From CMS Will Improve Healthcare for Millions of Americans
60 million Americans live in rural areas. Like their urban and suburban counterparts, these remote regions have millions of Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries. Unfortunately, the healthcare delivery system for these communities is in need of some serious improvement. On May 8th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released their plans for a more […]
Television White Spaces Can Bring Broadband to the Heartland
This afternoon, Microsoft’s president Brad Smith is going to give a keynote speech at the Microsoft Inspire convention discussing the critical importance of improving the infrastructure for rural broadband. In a global economy where a high-speed broadband connection is necessary to participate and thrive, 34 million Americans do not have internet access. This “digital divide” […]
OneWeb’s Broadband Satellite Network May Launch Next Year
It’s easy for Boston iOS app developers to take a consistent high-speed internet connection for granted, but not everybody has it so lucky. As of last year, 39% of Americans in rural areas did not have access to 25 Mbps/3 Mbps service, with 20% of rural Americans unable to connect to 4 Mbps/1 Mbps service. […]
Google to Blanket Africa with Internet Access
Google is taking a giant leap with their latest mission to bring the internet to the world. Currently half of the world’s population, or 3.5 billion people are not connected to the web. The internet powerhouse plans to change that reality by building an immense wireless network in third world countries. Web access is spotty […]