Millions of Americans in sparsely populated areas deemed unprofitable by large communications companies remain without broadband Internet access.
Fred Pilot lives within earshot of busy Highway 50. Proximity to a modern roadway, however, hasn’t helped him gain the kind of cheap Internet access that most people these days take for granted. The 55-year-old Camino resident lives just out of the reach of AT&T’s Internet service and Comcast’s cable network.