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    1. $6 billion for rural broadband: a hatchet or a scalpel?

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Daily, Geoff (author) and App-Rising.com
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2009-01-15
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28742
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    2 pages., Suggests the U.S. government use funds from an economic stimulus package to establish and operate a Rural Fiber Fund.

    3. Broad coalition formed to push for rural broadband

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    News article
    Publication Date:
    2020-07-10
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11768
    Notes:
    Report from Agri-Pulse received online via AgriMarketing Weekly. 6 pages., Report of a letter to Capitol Hill and the White House from a new American Connection Project Broadband Coalition calling for a "robust federal investment in broadband internet connectivity." Letter (attached) signed by 40 ag, tech, and healthcare groups.

    6. Flatlined: how Illinois shortchanges rural students

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Poyser, Jim (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2007-06
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26132
    Journal Title:
    Quill
    Journal Title Details:
    95(5)
    Notes:
    Announces Sigma Delta Chi award presented to two reporters from Chicago Public Radio for their radio documentary about funding disparities for education in Illinois due to reliance on property taxes. Two rural schools and communities highlighted. The 29-minute program was available on

    7. Low-power TV group challenges plan for digital switch

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    First Amendment Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
    Format:
    Article
    Publication Date:
    2008-03-31
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28712
    Notes:
    Associated Press via Center. 2 pages., Includes concern about television services to rural areas.

    8. Misconceptions about rural broadband

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Daily, Geoff (author) and App-Rising.com
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2009-01-19
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28743
    Notes:
    2 pages., Addresses the potentials of fiber optics for bringing excellent broadband services to rural areas.