Chris Conte is a national correspondent, reporting for all E.W. Scripps television stations across the country. He reports out of the Washington, D.C. bureau but is rarely in the office and usually on the road, reporting stories across the country.
When Lon Nordeen moved to rural Michigan 15 years ago, he knew the pace of daily life would slow down a bit. But over the years, that's meant internet service has been sluggish as well. It's one of the many communities so small that no major company will bring high-speed internet to the area, making Nordeen among the estimated 42 million people in this country who don't have access to high-speed broadband.But that all changed last week.
"This is worth it," he said."We deserve to have the same level of access as someone in the big city." Customers only pay about $200 to have fiber cables run to their homes and then $79 a month for service. Mauch uses already existing right-of-way paths along county roads to lay miles of fiber optic cables instead of using telephone poles, which are often owned by larger companies.Last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it would be awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in loans and grants to boost rural connectivity.
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