Editing Net neutrality (section)

=== Rural digital divide ===
A [[digital divide]] is referred to as the difference between those who have access to the internet and those using digital technologies based on urban against rural areas.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Connolly|first1=Michelle|last2=Lee|first2=Clement|last3=Tan|first3=Renhao|date=June 2017|title=The Digital Divide and Other Economic Considerations for Network Neutrality|journal=Review of Industrial Organization|language=en|volume=50|issue=4|pages=537–554|doi=10.1007/s11151-016-9554-8|s2cid=157582298|issn=0889-938X}}</ref> In the U.S, government city tech leaders warned in 2017 that the FCC's repeal of net neutrality will widen the digital divide, negatively affect small businesses, and job opportunities for middle class and low-income citizens. The FCC reports on their website that Americans in rural areas reach only 65 percent, while in urban areas reach 97 percent of access to high-speed Internet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fcc.gov/about-fcc/fcc-initiatives/bridging-digital-divide-all-americans|title=Bridging The Digital Divide For All Americans|access-date=8 March 2022|archive-date=19 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819141428/https://www.fcc.gov/about-fcc/fcc-initiatives/bridging-digital-divide-all-americans|url-status=usurped<!-- redirects -->}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtech.com/civic/Preparing-for-the-End-of-Net-Neutrality-City-Tech-Leaders-Warn-of-Widening-Digital-Divide.html|title=Preparing for the End of Net Neutrality, City Tech Leaders Warn of Widening Digital Divide|last=QUAINTANCE|first=ZACK|date=1 December 2017|website=Government Technology|language=en|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-date=6 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406195518/https://www.govtech.com/civic/Preparing-for-the-End-of-Net-Neutrality-City-Tech-Leaders-Warn-of-Widening-Digital-Divide.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Public Knowledge has stated that this will have a larger impact on those living in rural areas without internet access.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publicknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/NNRural_Onepager.pdf|title=Tell Congress to Restore Net Neutrality to Help Close the Rural Digital Divide|website=Public Knowledge|access-date=6 April 2020|archive-date=6 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406195518/https://www.publicknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/NNRural_Onepager.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In developing countries like India that don't have reliable electricity or internet connections has only 9 percent of those living in rural areas that have internet access compared to 64 percent of those in urban areas that have access.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/West_Internet-Access.pdf|title=Digital divide: Improving Internet access in the developing world through affordable services and diverse content|last=West|first=Darrell M|date=February 2015|website=Center for Technology at Brookings|access-date=6 April 2020|archive-date=26 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926125445/https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/West_Internet-Access.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>