Tim Karr of SavetheInternet.com has a nice blog explaining the successful FCC hearing on the Internet held at Carnegie-Mellon University last night: Excerpt explaining the digital divide and need for expanded efforts to make broadband hookups available to everyone:

America’s digital divide is delineated by class, location and race. Only 35 percent of American homes with less than $50,000 in annual income have broadband, according to the Census Bureau, while 76 percent of households earning more than $50,000 per year are connected. Meanwhile nearly 20 million Americans live in areas not served by a single broadband provider, while tens of millions more live in places with just a single source for high-speed Internet. Just 39 percent of rural households subscribe to broadband service, compared to 54 percent of urban dwellers.