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To Have or Have Not: Fibre Creates a New Digital Divide
Posted: May 23rd, 2008, 9:20am EDT by Associated Press
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The rollout of fiber connections to the internet is creating a new digital divide between "haves" and "have-nots." Fiber is something like 10 times faster -- and can easily be 100 times faster -- than plain vanilla broadband. But the only major carrier swapping out the copper is Verizon, whose FIOS service is or will be in only 17 states.