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In 2020, at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, when much of the world’s business was forced online because in-person contact was deemed unsafe, The News uncovered the lackluster connectivity among homes and businesses in Northeast Michigan.

Four years later, The News wanted to see what — if anything — had changed.

Here’s what we found:

* “Years after COVID-19 revealed gaps, thousands of Northeast Michiganders still lack access to the internet”

* “Efforts afoot to connect Northeast Michigan to the Web”

* “Hospitals, schools, others get creative to help Northeast Michiganders interact with digital world”

* OPINION: “We have to get internet coverage right“