WV 48TH IN HOME COMPUTER OWNERSHIP - State Broadband Access Among Worst

(07/17/2013)
West Virginia, a state that has been near the bottom with broadband Internet access and has the lowest broadband speed in the US, is near the bottom in home computer ownership.

July 14, 2013
Study: 1 in 3 W.Va. homes does not have a computer
By Eric Eyre for the Charleston Gazette

CHARLESTON West Virginia's push to expand high-speed Internet might be more complicated than making broadband service available by stringing copper wire or fiber on poles to people's homes.

A new federal study shows slightly more than 35 percent of West Virginia households don't own a computer -- the second-lowest ranking of any state in the survey...

By Eric Eyre for the Study: 1 in 3 W.Va. homes does not have a computer