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If you live in Portland, you probably take for granted the numerous options for affordable high-speed Internet  cable, DSL, satellite and even city-wide wireless, for as little as $30 a month.
But there are still pockets of Oregon where high-speed Internet is unavailable or prohibitively expensive. Access is limited in rural parts of the state where low population density discourages providers from building the expensive infrastructure needed to deliver high-speed, or broadband, Internet service.
But there is a new push from state and federal government to bring more broadband access to rural areas. The Oregon Public Utilities Commission received $2.1 million in federal grants in December to map and plan broadband access.
For more information
http://www.oregonbusiness.com/articles/79-february-2010/2899-rural-connections
But there are still pockets of Oregon where high-speed Internet is unavailable or prohibitively expensive. Access is limited in rural parts of the state where low population density discourages providers from building the expensive infrastructure needed to deliver high-speed, or broadband, Internet service.
But there is a new push from state and federal government to bring more broadband access to rural areas. The Oregon Public Utilities Commission received $2.1 million in federal grants in December to map and plan broadband access.
For more information
http://www.oregonbusiness.com/articles/79-february-2010/2899-rural-connections
 posted by Kathy Wilcox
