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Disconnected
With poor data, deficient requirements and little oversight, massive public spending still hasn t solved the rural internet access problem
Rick Barrett and Kelli Arseneau, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Published
2:42 pm UTC Jul. 28, 2021
Rick Barrett and Kelli Arseneau, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Published
2:42 pm UTC Jul. 28, 2021
Six years ago, Jeff Hallstrand s home in Price County appeared close to finally receiving a much-needed boost in internet service.
The federal government had announced that more than 129,000 homes and small businesses across rural Wisconsin were eligible for an upgrade under a $330 million grant awarded to broadband provider CenturyLink.
Hallstrand, a county supervisor, had worked for 30 years for CenturyLink and another internet company before branching out to start his own engineering business. But at his home in the Town of Ogema, he had speeds not much better than a dial-up modem from the 1990s.
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