By Nathan Smith Gardiner, ME (February 9, 2022) – As state leaders consider how to use the unprecedented federal broadband funding now available, they should think a little on how the emerging telework economy changes the meaning of state and local economic competitiveness. Economic competitiveness in the age of telework will depend less on job creation and more on quality …
Vermont No Longer Counting on Outside Help to Upgrade State’s Internet
The following was published in Vermont Biz on July 10, 2019 by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine The state is no longer counting on an outside force to upgrade the state’s broadband Internet coverage. There is not going to be a single Rural Electrification Act like from the 1930s or an Interstate highway push like from the 1950s. To get …