Showing posts with label rural broadband map. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rural broadband map. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Staples draws fire over broadband map contract

Meyers:
At an unveiling last month, the Texas Department of Agriculture touted its map of broadband Internet availability as the first step in closing a "digital divide" that denies rural Texans critical services. But a political divide has opened instead, as critics question the tool's accuracy and Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples' relationship with the organization that created it.

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