The Need for Speed: Where the Google Fiber Road Leads

Sarah Morris was quoted about Google Fiber and broadband in the Louisville Eccentric Observer: 

Bringing the internet to everyone is as much a sociological problem as it is a logistical one. Less than half of the nation’s poorest families have a wired internet subscription at home, and more than 60 million Americans lack basic digital literacy, according to the Federal Communications Commission. Communities of color, the elderly and women are disproportionately affected by economic, social and educational barriers to both getting online and using digital resources effectively.

“We see broadband access and adoption as related, but distinct,” said Sarah Morris, director of Open Internet Policy at the Open Technology Institute. “Digital literacy trainings and hands-on advice and support are really important and tend to occur most successfully at community level, through trusted partners at places where people already get support to go online, such as public libraries.”