We have been doing the Blandin on Broadband blog since January 2007. Back in the day, some posts had a pretty tenuous connection to broadband – but we made it fit because we wanted to write something to get folks thinking about broadband. Since then the broadband game has changed considerably. I have had to really focus on events and news that have a direct connection to Minnesota. If I didn’t I’d never sleep trying to catch up.

I thought of this today because I ran into an article that mentions that Senator Amy Klobuchar spoke about broadband at Farmfest – this is the kind of article I would have fallen over four years ago – today I had to think about whether it was worth mentioning, since it’s a pretty general comment. But in honor of how far we’ve come raising awareness of the importance of broadband, especially in rural areas, I’d like to quote AgriNews on their story on Senator Klobuchar’s talk at Farmfest…

Klobuchar talked about rural broadband and its importance in rural areas. Development of those broadband systems, through Rural Development programs, means companies can tap into global markets.