Arkansas
Senate committee approves rural broadband bill, KARK
Colorado
Fort Collins municipal broadband will offer first service in August, Reporter-Herald
Iowa
VMEU holds last meeting before the final vote concerning broadband by Valerie Close, Vinton Today
Indiana
Foundation partners fund study by Bill Rethlake, Daily News
Mississippi
Why rural broadband could take years to implement by William Moore, Daily Journal
Nebraska
Midlands Voices: Broadband is a basic service for all Nebraskans by Johnathan Hladik, Omaha World-Herald
We are often contacted by families who lack broadband access but live in a Census block that the state marks as served. For these forgotten households, there is little hope for change. Providers lack incentive to extend service their way. Limited state resources are spent elsewhere.
Lack of broadband in rural Nebraska creating a 'digital divide' by Chris Dunker, Lincoln Journal Star
North Carolina
Trainees see the light: Greenlight and Wilson Community College partner in fiber optics class by Drew C. Wilson, Wilson Times
"This is just a huge moment for the city of Wilson,” Rice said. “They have the state’s first fiber-to-the-home, community-owned gigabit network. They are all about fiber, so what a great opportunity to start establishing Wilson as the fiber experts for the state and maybe beyond the state."
General
USDA ReConnect rural broadband deadlines extended by Phil Britt, Telecompetitor
We need a national rural broadband plan by Christopher Ali, New York Times
USDA launches rural broadband toolkit to boost expansion by Stephen Huba, The Tribune-Review
Google Fiber's secret weapon in its gigabit comeback has failed by Jason Hiner, CNET
5G can’t fix America’s broadband problems by Karl Bode, The Verge
“Absolutely no way is wireless service ever going to be competitive with high-speed wireline services,” Ernesto Falcon, legislative counsel at the EFF, told The Verge. “The fastest speeds the industry is boasting about for the future of wireless has already been surpassed by fiber to the home years ago.”
Rural download speeds are worse than reported, Microsoft study says by Roberto Gallardo, The Daily Yonder
Rural electric cooperatives: The digital divide’s salvation by Alyson Moore, GovTech
FCC struggles to convince judge that broadband isn’t “telecommunications” by Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica
