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Blog // Connect Iowa

08/17/11

President's Iowa Stop Spotlights Broadband as a Major Key to Economic Development

By CIA Staff

President Obama’s three-day bus tour through a handful of Midwest states is now complete. On Tuesday, the President hosted the Rural Economic Forum at Northeast Iowa Community College in Peosta. That’s where he addressed local farmers, small business owners, private sector leaders, rural organizations, and government officials about ideas and initiatives to promote economic growth, accelerate hiring, and spur innovation in rural communities nationwide.     During the town hall style session, the President spoke directly about goals to strengthen the economy. One major goal of his administration is the modernizing of infrastructure...

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12/05/10

Internet upgrades keep rural Iowans in loop

By CIA Staff

By Kyle Munson/Des Moines RegisterAnn Borseth cracks as many as 50 patients' backs per week in a converted chicken coop that serves as her Country Chiropractic office on her acreage northeast of Truro. High-speed online access has become almost a necessity in her daily life, even in this pastoral rural setting along a gravel road.......The nonprofit Connect Iowa in conjunction with the Iowa Utilities Board released a report earlier this year that showed 34 percent of Iowa households remain without a high-speed or broadband Internet connection - the vast majority by choice, whether due to lack of interest or concerns over cost...Read entire...

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01/05/10

Iowa lands $2.2 million grant for broadband mapping, planning

By CIA Staff

January 5, 2010By Urgent CommunicationsThe state of Iowa recently was awarded a match grant of approximately $2.2 million from the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to support a comprehensive broadband mapping and planning initiative through the Connect Iowa program. Connect Iowa is a partnership between the Iowa Broadband Deployment Governance Board, the Iowa Utilities Board andConnected Nation to increase broadband Internet access throughout rural Iowa. The grant is comprised of $1.7 million for broadband data collection and mapping activities over a two-year period, and...

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