National Ag News

A lender to rural cooperatives says electric cooperatives will play a vital role in bridging the rural broadband service gap.  Doran Dennis with CoBank tells Brownfield only half of rural residents have access to broadband service.  He says electric co-ops have much of the infrastructure and technology to become high-speed internet providers.

“They’re positioned in a way that they have many advantages over other providers to be able to deploy these services and this high-speed internet in a way that’s both cost effective and a way that strengthens that relationship with the rural communities,” Dennis told Brownfield Ag News.

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