At the end of July, Wisconsin got a stamp of approval from the federal government for its plan to expand broadband. The state will get $1.1 billion to bring high-speed internet access to all of its residents by the end of the decade. Brittany Beyer joins us, she’s an Extension specialist in community economic development out of Rhinelander. She has been on the Governor’s Task Force on Broadband Access since it started in 2020, chairing the task force for the first two years. She tells us about the dollars that will soon come into the state. But first, she reminds us why barriers to high-speed internet exist in the first place.

At the end of July, Wisconsin got a stamp of approval from the federal government for its plan to expand broadband. The state will get $1.1 billion to bring high-speed internet access to all of its residents by the end of the decade. Brittany Beyer joins us, she’s an Extension specialist in community economic development out of Rhinelander. She has been on the Governor’s Task Force on Broadband Access since it started in 2020, chairing the task force for the first two years. She tells us about the dollars that will soon come into the state. But first, she reminds us why barriers to high-speed internet exist in the first place.

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Join Pam Jahnke for the latest farm news. Heard daily on WOZN 96.7 FM and 1670 AM in Madison Wisconsin from 5-6am. Also heard on affiliate stations all over Wisconsin.

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