Monday, January 08, 2007

Idaho Governor Abandons Sweeping Rural Broadband Access Plan

Sharon Fisher writes on BetaNews:

An aggressive plan to roll out broadband Internet access service for rural areas of Idaho was apparently killed today, as evidenced by a lack of appropriation or mention of the project in the state's new governor's State of the State address this afternoon.

Some of us in Idaho were particularly disappointed to listen to new Governor Butch Otter's State of the State speech today, in which he laid out his proposed budget for the upcoming legislative session.

More here.

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