18 Apr 2011

WMMT Covers Rural Broadband and Importance of Expanding Access

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Christopher Mitchell is one of several voices discussing the importance of funding rural broadband throughout the U.S. in this short (6 min) story.  WMMT is a radio station
in Kentucky, frequently covering rural issues in the Appalachians.

Also featured are Dee Davis of Rural Strategies and Lisa Fannin of the Mountain Telephone Cooperative in NE Kentucky, the first entity in Kentucky to receive a broadband stimulus award.

WMMT Covers Rural Broadband and Importance of Expanding Access

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Christopher Mitchell is the Director of the Community Broadband Networks Initiative with ILSR. He is a leading national expert on community networks, Internet access, and local broadband policies. Christopher built MuniNetworks.org, the comprehensive online clearinghouse of information about local government policies to improve Internet access. Its interactive community broadband network map tracks more than 600 such networks. He also hosts audio and video shows online, including Community Broadband Bits and Connect This!