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Why the digital divide persists within Indigenous communities
Billions have gone to connecting rural tribal lands with reliable online access, but complicated infrastructure and longstanding skepticism slow the connection.
In 2020, regulators finally opened a historic Tribal Priority Window, which helped Indigenous areas and broadband projects obtain their own spectrum licenses, or permits that grant the right to use a frequency band for telecommunication purposes. "The Middle Mile program will invest more than $900 million in the infrastructure needed to connect communities, military bases, and tribal lands to the Internet, lower the cost of access, and increase bandwidth," said Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo in a statement. - Matthew Rantanen, Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association Earlier this year, the FCC under Biden and Chair Jessica Rosenworcel redefined broadband speed requirements, bumping up the paltry 25 mbps minimum to 100mbps.
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