How small kansas companies bring fast internet to rural places that telecom giants ignore

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Condos, David (author)
    Format:
    Article/Audio Story
    Publication Date:
    2022-05-03
    URL:
    https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-05-03/how-small-kansas-companies-bring-fast-internet-to-rural-places-that-telecom-giants-ignore
    Published:
    United States: National Public Radio
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12789
    Journal Title:
    High Plains Public Radio
    Journal Title Details:
    Online
    Subject Term:
    farm families, farm operations, Internet, Kansas, USA, radio, rural broadcasting, rural communication, rural development, technological advancement, radio broadcasts, access, telecommunication trends, broadband, local media, Internet access, rural internet, and communications infrastructure
    Notes:
    Installing fiber-optic internet in sparsely populated places like western Kansas is extremely expensive, even with government subsidies. But some smaller, local broadband providers are finding ways to make it work where the big national companies have not.

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