The Community Network folks from the Institute of Local Self Reliance have gone into animation…

In rural communities, large companies often won’t invest in high-quality Internet network infrastructure due to the lack of population density. Increasingly, rural electric and communications cooperatives are filling the void and providing the Internet access small towns and surrounding areas need. In order to illustrate the challenges facing these small rural towns, we’ve developed a series of videos titled, “From Crops to Co-ops: Small Towns Want Better Internet!”

The video certainly has a point of view – but I have to admit that I’ve had people email me with similar stories and complaints from communities without an invested provider.