The more remote you are, the more critical the connection to the rest of the world. But the Federal Communications Commission says while 10 percent of Americans had no access to broadband in 2016, that number was nearly 40 percent in rural areas.

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D) says the Senate is scheduled to vote in two weeks on the future of net neutrality. 

Illinois lawmakers Wednesday took a step closer to establishing state net neutrality rules before the federal regulations expire later this month.

Illinois Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth are co-sponsoring legislation to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s decision on so-called net neutrality.

After a brief security evacuation, U.S. telecom regulators have voted to repeal so-called net neutrality rules, which restrict the power of Internet service providers to influence loading speeds for specific websites or apps.