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Community Broadband Media Roundup - April 6
Arizona
Apache County towns plan Internet collaboration by Amber Shepard, White Mountain Independent
Texas
A digital divide with dire consequences for Texas by Ross Ramsey, Texas Tribune
Some of the solutions are creative. WesTex Connect, an internet service provider in Abilene, has set up free Wi-Fi hotspots in parking lots next to football stadiums, at the Abilene Convention Center, in Clyde, in Merkle, at the Farmer’s Co-Op Gin in Stamford and next to a lumberyard in Stamford. More are on the way, the company says, for anyone with schoolwork to do, bills to pay, whatever requires internet access.
Wisconsin
During health crisis, rural Wisconsin struggles with poor Internet service by Peter Cameron, Lake Geneva Regional News
General
US society needs a broadband big dig to get out of its hole by Rana Foroohar, Financial Times
Those without fast internet struggle in a stuck-at-home nation by Tali Arbel and Michael Casey
In rural western Alabama, less than 1% of Perry County's roughly 9,100 residents have high-quality internet at home, so online lessons are out. County teachers spent three days manually loading scanned images of math worksheets and other materials on to iPads and Chromebooks for the system’s 1,100 students to take home while out of class, said Superintendent John Heard.
As School Moves Online, Many Students Stay Logged Out by Dana Goldstein, Adam Popescu and Nikole Hannah-Jones
COVID-19 proves we need to continue upgrading America’s broadband infrastructure by Blair Levin, Brookings
Siefer on COVID-19 stimulus: More action needed to connect millions of households by Bill Callahan, NDIA
Rural broadband in the time of coronavirus by Clark Merrefield, Journalist’s Resource
Telecom Industry, Broadband Advocates Push for Internet Subsidies in Next Stimulus by Sam Sabin, Morning Consult
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Iowa
Iowa receives $26.2 million in emergency education relief to expand broadband access, Discover Muscatine
Minnesota
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Colorado
Little-known Internet network plans Western Colorado expansion to link students, nonprofits to supercomputers by Tamara Chuang, Colorado Sun
Louisiana
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California
Partnerships can close the digital divide by Apoorva Pasricha & Kevin Frazier, GovTech
Colorado
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Arizona
Mohave Electric Cooperative moves forward to build fiber optic network in partnership with TWN Communications, Cision PR Newswire
Arkansas