National Broadband Initiative in U.S. Supported by Connected Nation

From Directions Magazine:

Key funding for the National Broadband Mapping initiative was provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, otherwise known as the “stimulus plan.” Supporting the effort is a nonprofit organization called Connected Nation, dedicated to “expanding access to and use of broadband Internet and the related technologies that are enabled when individuals and communities have the opportunity and desire to connect. Editor in Chief Joe Francica contacted two individuals familiar with the effort to get a more in depth understanding of its mission.

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Internet upgrades keep rural Iowans in loop

By Kyle Munson/Des Moines Register

Ann Borseth cracks as many as 50 patients' backs per week in a converted chicken coop that serves as her Country Chiropractic office on her acreage northeast of Truro. High-speed online access has become almost a necessity in her daily life, even in this pastoral rural setting along a gravel road....

...The nonprofit Connect Iowa in conjunction with the Iowa Utilities Board released a report earlier this year that showed 34 percent of Iowa households remain without a high-speed or broadband Internet connection - the vast majority by choice, whether due to lack of interest or concerns over cost...

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