Internet access in the United States | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 03/01/2019

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00:01:15 1 Overview
00:01:24 1.1 Access and speed
00:08:05 1.2 Competition
00:11:18 1.3 Internet taxes
00:12:31 1.4 Network neutrality
00:17:27 1.5 Internet censorship
00:19:29 2 Broadband providers
00:19:54 3 Government policy and programs
00:20:20 3.1 National Information Infrastructure
00:21:27 3.2 Universal Service Fund
00:24:15 3.2.1 Schools and Libraries Program (E-Rate)
00:25:30 3.2.2 Rural Health Care Program
00:27:18 3.3 Rural broadband and advanced telecommunications
00:29:21 3.4 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
00:30:26 3.4.1 National Broadband Plan
00:32:27 4 See also



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The Internet in the United States grew out of the ARPANET, a network sponsored by the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense during the 1960s. The Internet in the United States in turn provided the foundation for the worldwide Internet of today.
Internet access in the United States is largely provided by the private sector and is available in a variety of forms, using a variety of technologies, at a wide range of speeds and costs. In 2015, 97.5% of Americans were using the Internet, which ranks the U.S. 4th out of 211 countries in the world. The United States ranks #1 in the world with 7,000 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) according to the CIA.Internet top-level domain names specific to the U.S. include .us, .edu, .gov, .mil, .as (American Samoa), .gu (Guam), .mp (Northern Mariana Islands), .pr (Puerto Rico), and .vi (U.S. Virgin Islands). Many U.S.-based organizations and individuals also use generic top-level domains, such as .com, .net, .org, .name, etc.