Budget proposal boosts broadband

Apr 15, 2021
Apr 15, 2021

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A digital readout screen helps TDS Telecom worker Dick Harrison guide underground-boring apparatus for the installation March 31 of fiber-optic internet cable in Lodi, Wisconsin.

JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

Workers plow and install conduit on top of a bluff in 2011 in Grant County, Wisconsin. Conduit is installed about 3 to 4 feet belowground. Tape is applied at 2 feet so if digging happens the tape is reached first, as a reminder of conduit below.

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Fiber-optic spools are ready for installation in Wisconsin's Bayfield County.

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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has declared 2021 as the “Year of Broadband Access.” There has been a great deal of discussion about making broadband more accessible and affordable to Wisconsinites. Broadband is no longer a luxury, but rather a necessity, says Randy Romanski, secretary-designee of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

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