Rural Broadband Coalition
www.ruralbroadbandcoalition.net
This site is aimed at ISPs, utilities and municipal governments. It is based in Washington state.
Vermont
Rural Broadband Project
This is sponsored by the Vermont Council on Rural Development:
U.S.
Agriculture Department rural broadband site
www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/broadband.htm
You can use this site to learn who has applied for a Rural Development Broadband loan or loan guarantee in your community, county or state. An Oklahoma City-based company called Crossroads Wireless RDUP Broadband Inc. has applied in 34 Vermont communities. (Story idea: try finding Crossroads Wireless on the Internet.)
Wireless Communications Association International
Rural Broadband Task Force
This is a cell phone industry lobbying group that wants to solve the rural broadband problem using wireless technology.
FYI: it has video news reports from television stations.
DEFRA
www.defra.gov.uk/rural/broadband/default.htm
How Britain’s government is tackling the issue. DEFRA stands for Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
