Native Americans On Tribal Land Are 'The Least Connected' To High-Speed Internet
NPRNative Americans On Tribal Land Are 'The Least Connected' To High-Speed Internet Enlarge this image toggle caption David McNew/Getty Images David McNew/Getty Images Just over half of Native Americans living on American Indian reservations or other tribal lands with a computer have access to high-speed Internet service, according to new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. She leads the American Indian Policy Institute at Arizona State University, which is preparing to release a report on a new study of broadband Internet service on tribal lands. A need for "the right data" Federal funding is available to encourage Internet service providers to invest in rural and remote areas of the country. If a service provider reports — using something called Form 477 — that it could provide broadband Internet access to at least one location in a neighborhood, the FCC considers broadband to be "available" in that neighborhood.
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