Abstract:
The e-NC Authority succeeds the Rural Internet Access Authority, which was created by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2000 and builds on its work to connect people to the Internet and a better future. The Authority works with all one hundred of the state's counties with a focus on rural and distressed urban areas. High-speed Internet access is available to 82 percent of the state's households and is available to more than 50 percent of local citizens in ninety-one out of North Carolina's one hundred counties.