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More than one-third of rural Americans can't get fast internet, and Hillary Clinton wants to fix that

Jun 29, 2016, 22:26 IST

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton unveiled her tech agenda on Tuesday, and the second of five goals is to "close the digital divide."

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As this chart from Statista shows, nearly all Americans in cities have access to high-speed internet service. But more than one-third of Americans living in rural areas can't get a fast internet connection, and the number is even lower on Native American tribal lands and in U.S. territories overseas.

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