Radio Newsline Archive

USDA is changing some rules to allow more rural communities to take advantage of the ReConnect program and bring high speed broadband to those communities. (Gary Crawford, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Tim Johnson with Ostego Electric Cooperative)

One expert says before spending a lot of money to bring broadband to rural areas, we need one key set of data. (Gary Crawford and Vickie Robinson with Microsoft Global Airband Initiative)

Experts says bringing broadband to every rural American will not be cheap. (Gary Crawford. Dr. Johnny Park of Wabash Heartland Innovation Network. Jennifer Prather with the Rural Broadband Association. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)