Spread of broadband may fuel economy

By Beccy Tanner/The Wichita Eagle

The prospects for rural Kansas could shift dramatically in the next few years as broadband or high-speed Internet services are provided to more Kansans.

Read more: http://www.kansas.com/2010/10/25/1556815/spread-of-broadband-may-fuel-economy.html#ixzz13V2Rlypt

Expanding Broadband Across Kansas

From Jared Cerullo/KAKE-TV:

In the early days of 'the net,' nobody knew how it would change our lives. Now, just about every aspect of our lives depends on being connected. That's why business leaders and officials from across the state are in Wichita for a summit on broadband planning.

Watch a video from KAKE-TV of the Summit

Report: Broadband strong in Nevada cities, but rural areas struggle with connectivity

By Bill O'Driscoll/Reno Gazette-Journal

Nearly 98 percent of Nevada households have high-speed broadband Internet access, with those without mostly in the state’s rural points, a report released Wednesday shows.

Link to Reno Gazette-Journal article

Montana libraries to expand broadband thanks to Gates, stimulus

By Marnee Banks/KRTV.com

A unique partnership between the federal government and one of the largest charities in the world aims to bring better hi-tech to Montana libraries.

Link to the KRTV story (with video)

Jobless find help at library

By Bonnie Delaney/Asbury Park Press

LONG BRANCH — If you are one of the 440,000 unemployed or 230,000 underemployed residents of New Jersey, help is on the way, and it is as close as the library down the street.

Read the entire from the Asbury Park Press here.

Being at the table

by Karin L. Nauber/Independent News Herald

If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. We are not at the table. ~Jim Lunemann

Is there a need for broadband or high speed Internet outside of our rural small towns and cities? Is there a need for high speed access in the country?

Link to Independent News Herald article

Nonprofit broadband entity Connect Nevada gets $2.5 million

From the Reno Gazette-Journal:

Connect Nevada has received approximately $2.5 million in federal funding as part of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's State Broadband Data and Development grant program.

Link to Reno Gazette-Journal article