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Rural issues come to the fore in Australia

By Becky McCray

Our friend Des Walsh from Australia sent me a great email, that I just had to share with all of you. You might not have known but we had a Federal election here on Saturday. The outcome hangs in the balance (although I don’t think there are any hanging chads), with the likelihood of a […]

August 24, 2010 Filed Under: Best of, entrepreneurship, global, rural Tagged With: Infrastructure, news, Support

Should rural broadband be 25 times slower

By Becky McCray

Let’s talk about the National Broadband Plan, and its 100 Squared initiative. The goal is to get 100 million households on 100 mpbs by 2020. All well and good. The problem is the remaining 5.5 million households, almost assuredly rural. They are not included in the plan, and there is no “phase 2” or second […]

June 30, 2010 Filed Under: Best of, entrepreneurship, rural Tagged With: Infrastructure, Support

Working together towards broadband

By Becky McCray

[We’ve been known to rant about broadband access, so I was more than happy to bring you this guest post from the Broadband for America Coalition. -Becky] By the Broadband for America Coalition Not so long ago, broadband access to the Internet was reserved for the largest corporations, the most expensive colleges and universities, and […]

April 15, 2010 Filed Under: Best of, entrepreneurship, rural Tagged With: Infrastructure, opinion, Support

Beyond shop local is bank local

By Becky McCray

Shop local is a popular topic here, but this week I’ve watched a new trend pop up: bank local.Move Your Money is encouraging people to shift their money to locally owned banks. The site includes bank rankings by Institutional Risk Analytics. All of my local banks scored B+ or higher. The project was dreamed up […]

January 14, 2010 Filed Under: community, economic development, rural, shop local, trends Tagged With: Infrastructure

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