Rural communities scramble to use tidal wave of public funding

By PETER CAMERON

Ed Risler, 71, doesn't use the internet much, but his granddaughter
sure does.

When school shut down during the pandemic last year, 10-year-old Bella
spent school days at her grandfather's while her mother was at
work. With a home deep in the rolling hills of western Wisconsin's
Driftless Area, his internet speeds are "piss poor," says Risler, the
chairman of the town board in Drammen, a rural community between
Mondovi and Eau Claire. While many kids in the state could do their
work digitally, Drammen's poor internet speeds meant Bella had to get
paper assignments from school.

https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2021/11/15/public-money-is-pouring-in-for-broadband-expansion-will-it-go-where-its-needed-most/

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