McKinsey Report: America’s disconnected tend to be literate, low-income women living in rural areas, where Internet access is either difficult or expensive to come by. In fact, America’s Internet divide can be seen primarily as a class divide: 80 percent of the country’s offline population falls below the poverty line, the highest proportion in any other country except Mexico.
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Slow broadband may decrease house value by 20%
A sluggish internet connection could wipe out up to 20 percent of the price of a house, claims the property expert. Estate agents report that buyers are willing to pull out of…