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Cell and broadband in The Last Frontier

September 8, 2016 By Ben Rowley

More than $1 billion is to be spent in rural Alaska on cell and broadband service over the next decade. The funding comes from the FCC.Rural Alaska expanding cell, broadband

More than $1 billion will be spent in rural Alaska on cell and broadband service over the next decade. The funding comes from the Federal Communications Commission’s Universal Service Fund plan for the state. The plan will significantly improve wireless and cell service as well as greatly expand availability in The Last Frontier.

Alaska Public Media

Data centers don’t create many long-term jobs

Many small towns are working to convince large tech companies like Microsoft and Amazon to build large data centers in their communities. However, such centers do not create many long-term jobs.

The New York Times

Summit looks at strengths of Utah’s rural economy

Last month the 2016 Utah Rural Summit took place on the campus of Southern Utah University in Cedar City. A big focus was the “competitive advantages that flow from rural lifestyles and innovations.” The Beehive State was boasted as being the best in the nation at rural economic development by the director of SUU’s Center for Rural Life.

utahpulse.com

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