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Blog // Connected Texas

07/30/12

Broadband Factors Into Texas Impact Report

By Jeremy Thacker

Connected Texas is making an impression on the state’s 2012 Rural Impact Report. The Texas Department of Agriculture’s Rural Affairs team is currently working on a report that takes an in-depth look at life and business in rural Texas. Broadband has taken the spotlight in rural Texas as the state pushes for more economic development opportunities and better quality of life in all corners of the Lone Star State. The Connected Texas team met this month with TDA representatives in Austin and presented them with a wealth of current maps and research to help complete their forthcoming report. Keep up with the very latest news on Texas broadband...

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06/21/12

Broadband Spotlighted at Texas Rural Challenge

By Jeremy Thacker

Broadband is the key to economic development. No group knows that better than the community leaders who attended last week’s Texas Rural Challenge event. The third annual meeting was held through the University of Texas San Antonio Institute for Economic Development's Rural Business Program in San Marcos. The goal was to bring leaders together to spur small business and economic growth in rural communities across Texas by providing practical and proven approaches to rural development. Connected Texas staff was on-hand at the statewide conference to help promote the state’s new Connected program. Community champions are being sought out in...

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04/16/12

Rural Broadband Barriers Revealed at Annual WSSA Conference

By Jeremy Thacker

Scholars are taking home a better understanding of the Nevada and Texas broadband landscape thanks to an important conference last week in Houston. Connected Texas researchers Chris McGovern and Elizabeth Riesser were on hand at the 54th Annual Conference of the Western Social Science Association (WSSA) to shed light on the reasons why people in rural areas do or do not use broadband across the states. Presenting from their paper, “Choosing to Connect: Broadband Adoption and Barriers in Rural Texas and Nevada” the pair examined the barriers that prevent people from subscribing to the life-changing service. Right now, only 49% of rural...

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03/23/12

Roundtable Aims at Agriculture & Rural Texas

By Jeremy Thacker

  Getting high-speed Internet to rural Texas took center stage at a high-profile roundtable discussion today in Lubbock. Connected Texas Executive Director Don Shirley joined Rick Rhodes from the Texas Department of Agriculture, president of the Lubbock County Farm Bureau Eddie Griffiths, Texas Tech professor of Agricultural Communications Dr. Erica Irlbeck, and chairman of Texans for Economic Progress Robert Howden. The panel discussed the multitude of ways broadband can positively impact business and quality of life for rural Texans, including the rise of many new applications that are designed specifically to help agriculture.” The...

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