High-speed Internet access is taken for granted by many of us. It is great news that the USDA announced yesterday (October 27, 2022) that it is making significant investments in the form of grants and loans available to rural communities. This is big for anyone in agriculture in that it allows farmers access to real-time data, news, online banking, and so much more. Additionally, their children, as well as the children of farmworkers, will have access to Internet at schools and home.
You can read an article from Capital Press (Raleigh, NC) here that outlines some of the investments in broadband.