Stimulus could help bring broadband to rural Pa. | Philadelphia Inquirer | 07/18/2009

HARRISBURG - Jim Swanson, who lives in the forested Northern Tier of Pennsylvania, was finally able to get broadband last month. But much of the tiny, spread-out population in his area of the state still doesn't have access to high-speed Internet service.

The federal stimulus program may be the answer. "The stimulus bill is one of the best things that has happened to a rural area like ours," said Swanson, who directs information services for a regional economic development agency based in Elk County...