August 25, 2025
This originally ran in Agri-Pulse
For too long, millions of rural Americans have been forced to ride the slow lane of the digital highway. Students in need of an internet connection risk falling behind because they can’t do their schoolwork. Older adults without the option of telehealth must often drive for hours to their doctor’s office. Farmers lack the connectivity that modern agriculture demands.
Now, with the historic BEAD rural broadband deployment program, we finally have the chance to connect every community to scalable, next-generation broadband.