April 14, 2009

Success with rural Internet service could keep state from receiving aid

Virgil Larson - Omaha World-Herald
 

"We are here because we want to be," Angie McCully said about living in Mullen, Neb. But now she and her husband, Kevin, plan to leave Mullen for someplace with better broadband Internet service for their businesses.

"That's just one of the factors," Angie McCully said. "But it's a considerable one."

Some of the Web sites she builds and maintains for....Read More

February 06, 2009

Broadband funding in stimulus plan sparks debate

- Associated Press
 

WASHINGTON - Among the economic stimulus proposals moving through Congress is one that fulfills an old dream of broadband boosters. It would offer substantial funding for high-speed Internet networks in corners of the country that still rely on dial-up connections or have only one broadband option.

The hope is that construction of these networks will create jobs, and that better access to broadband will spur all sorts of new economic activity. Yet not everyone agrees that broadband funding belongs in a stimulus plan.

Some critics of the idea wonder how....Read More