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Jury hears Trump and Cohen Discussing Hush-Money Deal on secret recording; Nature-based solutions help solve Mississippi River Delta problems; Public lands groups cheer the expansion of two CA national monuments; 'Art Against the Odds' shines a light on artists in the WI justice system.

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Can Slow Internet Hurt Rural Economy?

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Monday, May 2, 2011   

LAS VEGAS - Many Americans are used to fast Internet connections, but Nevada is lagging behind. An Internet testing site SpeedMatters.org has found most Nevada residents, especially in rural areas, are still dealing with slow speed. As a result, a new report from the Center for Rural Strategies says small-town economies can lose out on opportunities available to those with high-speed connections.

Report author Dr. Sharon Strover says that a slow Internet connection can hurt a small business.

"If you've ever tried to pull up a graphic image on a dial-up connection, you are waiting for a really long time. That means that in order to do something as simple as ordering a part, you are at just a huge disadvantage without broadband."

The media watchdog group report concludes that in a "sink-or-swim world," communities without high-speed access will sink. Nevada ranks 33rd in the nation for Internet speeds, with 58 percent of households' speeds below minimum national standards.

Dr. Strover says however that there are some encouraging signs.

"I believe that the FCC and other federal agencies are taking this far more seriously than they ever did. The money that the stimulus funding pumped into broadband should help."

The FCC is expected to report this year, as it did for 2010, that broadband providers are not expanding their services in a timely and satisfactory fashion.

The report is at www.ruralstrategies.org

Nevada Data are at cwa.3cdn.net

To test your Internet speed, go to speedmatters.org





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