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    Life without reliable internet remains a daily struggle for millions of Americans

    The newly signed infrastructure bill provides funding for rural high-speed Internet expansion, as millions in the U.S. lack the connectivity that's become increasingly essential during the pandemic.
    by Alejandra Marquez Janse Nov 22, 2021 5 minutes
    The Duck Valley Indian Reservation is home to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes and comprises about 450 square miles along the Idaho/Nevada border. Only one power line goes into it, shown here along Highway 51.

    Three days and one hour into the 2021-22 school year, the internet went out at Owhyhee Combined School in northern Nevada.

    Teachers scrambled to recreate their lesson plans and presentations, and could not log attendance.

    "We don't have a way to ensure that students are in the right classes at the right moment," said Lynn Manning-John, vice principal at the K-12 school.

    "We did have a student exhibiting COVID symptoms this morning, so finding that student's data in order to reach their family is also something we can't do because we don't have the internet."

    In-person classes had just resumed after a year of mostly remote learning. But for the students, instructors and administrators at Owyhee, this wasn't an entirely new problem. The community has never had reliable high-speed internet access.

    Before the pandemic, they could just wait for

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