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TexasTowelie

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Wed Jul 25, 2018, 04:29 AM Jul 2018

Rural lower Delaware promised high-speed internet by 2020

The Carney administration is taking a major step forward in a longstanding push to extend high-speed internet access to rural communities in downstate Delaware.

The governor on Tuesday announced he is issuing a call for help from any service provider willing to assist in closing the gap by 2020 — an effort backed by $1.3 million in taxpayer assistance.

“My most important job as governor is to make sure that Delaware has a strong, growing and competitive economy,” Gov. John Carney said. "Working with the private sector over the next two years, we expect to eliminate broadband deserts and ensure that every Delaware citizen and business has access to high-speed broadband service.”

Delaware has consistently been ranked as having some of the fastest internet speeds in the nation so as long as users live in New Castle County or major populations centers in Kent and Sussex.

Read more: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/money/business/2018/07/24/rural-sussex-kent-promised-high-speed-internet-2020/824964002/

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Rural lower Delaware promised high-speed internet by 2020 (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2018 OP
It's about time. The last time I drove south of Dover, I didn't have cell service until I crossed appleannie1943 Jul 2018 #1
Umm.... jberryhill Aug 2018 #2

appleannie1943

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1. It's about time. The last time I drove south of Dover, I didn't have cell service until I crossed
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 05:21 AM
Jul 2018

the bridge into Virginia.

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