WI: Grants will boost rural internet service

Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel: Dial-up internet service hasn’t gone the way of floppy disks just yet, but we are one step closer to its demise in Wisconsin through the next round of state broadband grants aimed at getting rural communities out of the digital slow lane.

More than a dozen telecom companies could receive a total of $1.5 million under the government subsidies. That should help boost internet service in more than 20 communities, representing approximately 8,500 households, the state Public Service Commission said Friday.

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