New Digital Divide Awaits ; Faster Fiber Networks Available to Only a Few

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NEW YORK The lack of high-speed Internet access in some areas of the U.S. has been hotly debated, even as that digital divide has narrowed. But a new, wider gap is being created by technology that will make today's broadband feel as slow as a dial-up connection.

In much the way that broadband enabled downloads of music, video and work files that weren't practical over dial-up, the next generation of Internet connections will allow for vivid, lifelike video conferencing and new kinds of interactive games.

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New Digital Divide Awaits ; Faster Fiber Networks Available to Only a Few

But while access to cable and phone-line broadband has spread to cover perhaps 90 percent of the U.S. in the space of a decade, next- generation Internet access looks set to create a much smaller group of "haves" and a l...

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