Rural Wisconsin closer to getting broadband
22 Dec 2016
Business News
Rural America was thrown a Depression lifeline in the 1930s when the federal government rallied to spread electric power across farm country.
Not long after came affordable rural telephone service, even if it was delivered through a black “party line” phone hanging on the kitchen wall.
The modern equivalent is broadband, generally described as high-speed connections to the internet. After lagging in broadband capacity for years, rural Wisconsin may finally be poised to catch up.
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