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Published: August 19, 2008
State on wrong side of digital divide
By Jim Stafford
The global race to embrace broadband Internet is creating a world of digital haves and have-nots, according to the Communication Workers of America .

The surprising news in that is where the United States finds itself in the high-speed Internet race.

Americans are mired in a broadband world that leaves them far behind their global competitors in Japan , South Korea , Finland , France and even our neighbors...

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