Brief video history of broadband in Cook and Lake Counties

ProVideo has created a 7 minute video on broadband efforts in Cook and Lake Counties. Folks from the field talk about great potential use of the network (such as telework and education) and the drawbacks to not having it. Other folks talk about how the network was built – including an allusion to post-ARRA and tsunami access to the fiber. (ARRA funding for fiber created a big demand; the tsunami in Japan reduced the supply.) It’s a nice snapshot of broadband development in the communities…

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About Ann Treacy

Librarian who follows rural broadband in MN and good uses of new technology (blandinonbroadband.org), hosts a radio show on MN music (mostlyminnesota.com), supports people experiencing homelessness in Minnesota (elimstrongtowershelters.org) and helps with social justice issues through Women’s March MN.

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