The Divide: Closing the broadband gap in Appalachia

This episode features Donna Gambrell, president and CEO of Appalachian Community Capital (ACC), and Brian Vo, chief investment officer at Connect Humanity. We discuss the state of the digital divide throughout Appalachia, one of the least-connected regions in the US, and a recent partnership between ACC and Connect Humanity to help bring about more local investment in broadband infrastructure.

We also discuss the federal government's $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) fund, how far it will go toward solving the problem and why BEAD alone won't close Appalachia's digital divide.

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