Telephones are very common in the US, but there are some areas that are very behind the times.
94% of Americans have affordable telephone service. Less than 50% of Indian households on tribal lands have telephones. (http://www.fcc.gov/Speeches/Kennard/2000/spwek021.html)
The US government has been very active in subsidizing telephones and telecommunications in rural areas of the United States. The Universal Service Fund is an example of this. I am not sure about the impacts of USF "High-cost" program subsidies in most of the country, but where I live in rural Alaska, programs like this are the only way telephones are affordable at all.
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Telephones are very common in the US, but there are some areas that are very behind the times.1 .html)
94% of Americans have affordable telephone service. Less than 50% of Indian households on tribal lands have telephones. (http://www.fcc.gov/Speeches/Kennard/2000/spwek02
The US government has been very active in subsidizing telephones and telecommunications in rural areas of the United States. The Universal Service Fund is an example of this. I am not sure about the impacts of USF "High-cost" program subsidies in most of the country, but where I live in rural Alaska, programs like this are the only way telephones are affordable at all.