Thursday, July 16, 2009

Federal broadband too slow for Red Wing & Northfield « Blandin on Broadband

Many people were disappointed with the definition of broadband used in the NTIA/RUS NOFA for stimulus funding especially in regards to defining underserved. Specifically they define broadband as “Internet with advertised speeds of at least 768 kilobits per second (kbps) downstream and at least 200 kbps upstream.”

Here’s how that is having an impact on two Minnesota communities...