Today the Vermont Broadband Council and the Vermont Information Technology Center held a think tank session of farmers, agribusiness com, Senator Leahy's staff, and the Vermont Department of Agriculture to discuss the need for broadband on the Farm.
There was considerable discussion about various applications but the need and the opportunity was best summed up by Emma Marvin of Butternut Mountain Farm, "the issue is access, we must address the issue of access."
Access remains an issue in the rural areas. The wire providers are not willing to solve the issue for the rural community.
Wireless is one technology that can help solve the access issue. By forming privet-public cooperative intities high-speed access can be brought to the rural community and significantly reduce the cost to all communities.
It is time to address the broadband gap to open new markets for our rural communities.
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