States Race to Improve Broadband Speeds

For years, most residents of rural Ralls County, Missouri, surfed the Web on dial-up or slow wireless connections. Cut off from high-speed broadband available elsewhere, streaming video and downloading large files were off limits.

That’s about to change, as a local cooperative is installing direct fiber connections to homes throughout the county. Residents with the new service now enjoy speeds of 10 to 20 megabits per second — faster than some homes in big cities.

By Mike Maciag

Full Story: http://www.govtech.com/wireless/States-Race-to-Improve-Broadband-Speeds.html

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