Digital Divide

The $2.6 million Wi-Fi installation project aims to broaden access to high-speed internet for residents.

More than half of St. Louis and St. Louis County residents are without reliable internet. The St. Louis County Library is helping patrons get internet access at home, training included.

Missouri S&T engineering professor Casey Canfield shares new research into what it will take to expand high-speed broadband access to rural areas.

The issue is widespread, but low-income areas often face multiple barriers to adequate internet access.

St. Louis County Library Director Kristen Sorth discusses the GrandPad initiative, intended to distribute about 1,500 tablets as part of a Digital Equity Initiative.

Lynn Weaks doesn’t have internet access at home. A smartphone, she said, “was basically all I had.”Her four children often stayed after school at Ashland…

Smartphones, tablet computers and other internet-oriented devices fill today’s digital age, and yet access to these common technologies is not universal.A…