"What makes you think you're so smart?" 15,000-some South Dakotans can now straight-facedly answer that question by saying, "Well, we're from Mitchell." On Sunday, the Intelligent Community Forum named Mitchell one of the "Smart21" nominees for the honor of 2013…
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Following our discussion of the merits of the FCC's Connect America Fund and Public Utility Commissioner Chris Nelson's critique thereof, I read this Atlantic article on the potential for the Internet to save small towns... or at least keep some…
Last week I mentioned CenturyLink's receipt of $35 million from the FCC's Connect America Fund to expand rural broadband as an example of Uncle Sam fulfilling one of Adam Smith's proper roles of government: providing basic services that the private…
As home to high-tech Dakota State University, you would think Madison and Lake County would be among the best places in South Dakota for broadband access. Data from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration show that's not quite the case:…
Hat tip to Carrie La Seur at Great Plains Tar Sands Pipelines! Council on Foreign Relations expert Michael Levi appears to be an objective observer of the Keystone XL pipeline debate. He has called some of the arguments against the…
South Dakota has launched a statewide broadband mapping project, thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce. The new site, Broadband.sd.gov, has cool interactive features allowing citizens to submit data on local Wi-Fi spots and test their own…