Tomi Rajninger and Gabe Samuels, coauthors on a recent Urban Institute report examining tribal broadband access, spoke with Boise State Public Radio about how physical remoteness, a history of displacement, and inaccurate federal broadband maps have led to less-reliable access to high-speed internet for tribal communities: “We heard from interviews and from other research that a lot of times those maps are really overstating the actual state of broadband access,” said Rajninger. “In some cases, a tribe might be listed as having access on these maps and thus be blocked from accessing federal funds to build out infrastructure.” 

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