The pandemic has intensified the digital divide into throbbing chasms tearing through every nation and every industry on Earth – so what are we doing about it? In the US, that divide is more glaring than anywhere else, which is why the US government has set up the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF), allocating $20.4 billion for rural broadband network rollouts. The EU, on the other hand, has committed €134.5 billion ($152 billion) to digitalization, although policymakers flat out refuse to say how much of this will fund broadband buildouts over the next five years. We suspect it is well below $20 billion. However, while the US RDOF is plodding along nicely with auctions splitting funds among operators, the EU…