Rural Broadband

Rural Business Weekly News – April 11, 2009

April 11, 2009

Here are a few interesting blogs and online articles I found this week with news that relates to Rural Business, ending April 11, 2009: Rural Broadband The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began work this week on its national strategy to bring high-speed broadband internet into every American home. Under the $7.2 billion broadband stimulus plan, [...]

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We Need Broadband.com

March 26, 2009

Do you have broadband yet? Residents and businesses in communities under-served by broadband internet access can let the federal government know by visiting and recording their geographical location at weneedbroadband.com, an online campaign launched for rural America. The more locations mapped in a community, the more attractive it becomes for the $7.2 billion in grant [...]

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The Digital Dirt Road called Rural Broadband

March 4, 2009

There’s a terrific multimedia report that’s just been completed on the ‘digital divide’ in rural America, providing a glimpse of what life is like in some rural communities without high-speed Internet access. The report has been released by InternetforEveryone.org, which is a broad-based iniitative to connect every American to fast, open and affordable Internet. “More [...]

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Rural Business Weekly News – February 21, 2009

February 21, 2009

Here are a few interesting blogs and online articles published this week that relate to Rural Small Business, ending February 21, 2009: President Obama signed the stimulus package this week, with much discussion on the funds allocated for rural America in installing rural broadband. In Stimulus Stirs Debate Over Rural Broadband Access, you can get [...]

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Business Story of the Day Podcasts

February 16, 2009

NPR Radio offers a ‘Business Story of the Day’ each weekday, available as a podcast and as well as in print on their webpages. These stories are not focused on rural and small businesses, but include them occasionally. The stories are always short and to the point, and instructive about many different industries and situations.

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Rural Business Weekly News – February 14, 2009

February 14, 2009

There will be lots of articles in the coming weeks that try to tell us exactly what was in the stimulus package that just passed and what it all really means, but here’s the coverage from the Associated Press published today. Supposedly the 7 billion in grants for rural broadband are intended for small town [...]

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The Skinny on Rural Broadband

January 12, 2009

As we look forward to the inauguration of President Elect Barack Obama we don’t know much about how the needs of rural America will be addressed in his economic stimulus plan. We do know that the plan will contain some funds to increase internet broadband access in rural America. Three recent online articles to read [...]

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