A federal government report on Internet access
Only 17 percent of North Carolina households have fixed Internet connections at a speed the FCC deems the "minimum required to engage in modern life." Rural residents say that they have difficulty getting coverage while providers claim rural North Carolina has adequate service.
Host Frank Stasio speaks to , the director of telecommunications at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance; , director of public relations at Time Warner Cable for the East Coast; and Marian Norton, a resident of Chatham County, about internet access in rural North Carolina.
