A previous blog discusses the Connecting Southwest Wisconsin Conference–the first regional broadband conference aimed at providing rural Wisconsin communities the tools they need to address the lack of broadband or high-speed internet access. On my way to the conference in Belmont from Milwaukee, I got a taste of what being unconnected is really like. Because [...]

Have you heard the good news? Yesterday Governor Doyle announced that Wisconsin is receiving $23 million dollars for broadband expansion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The money will be used in every single one of our 72 counties. Where exactly will broadband be deployed? -74 schools -8 post-secondary schools -385 libraries The effects [...]

In these difficult economic times, job creation is essential. One important area to tap into is broadband. As this Broadband for America blog points out, “Broadband access requires the deployment of networks, the staff to maintain them and all of the related content provider investments along the way.” Increased broadband deployment ameliorates two problems at [...]

From the moment you wake up in the morning and check your email over coffee, to the time you spend on the computer at work—the internet is ubiquitous in most people’s lives. It’s an important part of both personal and professional worlds, and, that being so, it is essential that the speed of broadband be [...]