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title: "Podcast: Closing the Digital Divide and Enabling Connected Life"
date: 2020-09-01T13:09:36-04:00
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# Podcast: Closing the Digital Divide and Enabling Connected Life

 September 1, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

Americans who lack high-speed broadband internet access are caught on the wrong side of the ​“[Digital Divide](https://www.kelleydrye.com/Our-Practices/Hot-Topics/Closing-the-Digital-Divide-and-Enabling-Connected),” with students facing a ​“homework gap” and adults, and even entire communities, facing an ​“opportunity gap” that impacts everything from jobs, education, and healthcare to sustainability and well-being. This episode of Kelley Drye’s Legal Download discusses the increasing importance of access to advanced communications networks and services, and a few of the legal issues involved in closing the digital divide and enabling connected life.

[Click here](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/closing-the-digital-divide-and-enabling-connected-life/id1487885945?i=1000489129966) to listen and subscribe.

 

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