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High speed broadband is not being used Fewer than one in four Tennesseans have high-speed broadband connections for their internet service, even though broadband is now available to 87 percent of the state's households, according to a study released this week.. The study commissioned by the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development found more than a third of the rural areas of Tennessee still don't have any broadband links for high-speed internet. And much of the existing broadband infrastructure isn't being fully utilized because consumers are opting to use slower and cheaper internet connections. Statewide, 13 percent of all households in Tennessee lack access to any high-speed broadband internet service. That's more than 834,000 Tennesseans unable to get the connection speeds the Federal Communications Commission says are preferred for today's e-commerce, education and work links. But even where faster options are available, a majority of households in Tennessee still get internet service through slower DSL, wireless or dial-up connections. One in six Tennesseans have access to gigabit-per-second internet speeds — some of the fastest broadband connections in America. But outside the "gig cities," broadband connections often are not available. "Having access to broadband services is quickly becoming the most important differentiating infrastructure of our time," the 172-page study concludes. "Education, healthcare, business operations and innovation, workforce training and e-government applications all rely upon advanced broadband networks."
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