Why Broadband is Vital to Rural America
NextGenWeb recently traveled to Capitol Hill to attend a briefing hosted by the National Grange. The briefing encouraged legislators to include rural broadband initiatives in the Farm Bill currently before Congress. Presenters stressed the economic benefits broadband brings rural economies, as well as how broadband can expand educational opportunities and increase access to healthcare in underserved areas.
Click below to see highlights from the presentations.
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April 24th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
I’m glad to see the National Grange focusing attention on broadband because it is so important to get more broadband deployed to more people, particularly in rural areas where broadband can expand job opportunities, provide access to health care specialists, enable remote health care monitoring and more. We got some terrific entries in our Broadband Changed My Life!contest from people who live in rural areas. For many of them, broadband makes the difference between being able to stay in the communities they love and being forced to move to bigger cities.
Joy Howell
Director
Broadband Changed My Life! Campaign