Building a competitive broadband marketplace for rural America

It does not matter if you live in rural Maine or metropolitan Minnesota, high-speed Internet access is an increasing necessity, essential to modernize communities and power businesses. But there remains a large gap between those living in urban and rural America. Bipartisan efforts like the recently announced Senate Broadband Caucus demonstrate the need to address this growing disparity that has left rural America behind. To gain access to this 21st century utility, communities have been dependent on just a few broadband gatekeepers who control the high-capacity pipelines that are the base of the digital economy.

By Christopher Mitchell

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