# Professor Nicholas Economides underscores the importance of widespread access to high-speed internet

1 Faculty News October 14, 2016 ![ARS technica logo ](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/arstechnica192x144.jpg?itok=nLpsYT2Q)>

Excerpt from [ARS Technica](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/10/non-cable-internet-providers-offer-faster-speeds-to-the-wealthy/) -- "'That’s a very serious issue, and a big social problem,' [Economides](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/nicholas-economides) said. 'You need high-speed Internet for national reasons, to get information, to get educated. That’s just not happening. We still have very high prices.'"

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