NextLight, Longmont’s community-owned internet provider, will offer a $25 per month discount to income-qualified customers once the federal affordable connectivity program expires in May.
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OPINIONÂ What year is this? One might quickly answer itâs 2021. But Wis. Gov. Tony Evers also has declared this as the Year of Broadband Access in Wisconsin. The declaration is exciting and important in more ways than one.
For starters, Eversâ budget includes a historic $200 million investment to improve Wisconsinâs broadband infrastructure â this is five times the amount invested in the 2013, 2015 and 2017 budgets combined. The governor is also directing a significant portion of infrastructure funding from the federal American Rescue Plan toward expanding broadband access.
The Year of Broadband Access highlights the opportunity to bring legislators and constituents together around one issue that will make a big difference. Iâve heard from colleagues on both sides of the aisle that this must be done. Iâve heard from my Republican colleagues that they like the ideas I proposed this past session. Thatâs something to build on. We may find that we