Bridging the digital divide in DeSoto and Manatee counties

A pie chart from an Internet survey showing respondents' Internet speeds in DeSoto County.  55.2% of respondents have a current upload speed of less than 3 megabytes per second.

Lilly Esaau is a certified nursing assistant at a nursing home. She spends several hours a day at the DeSoto County Library retrieving paperwork and continuing education classes online because she doesn’t have an Internet connection at home. Without internet. Not at all, she said. Maybe I can access the neighbor’s wifi, but it’s off … Read more