Broadening broadband around Minnesota

Broadening broadband around Minnesota

The fast Internet speeds available to most Twin Cities residents should be made available throughout Minnesota, and the state should help make it happen, a state task force will recommend today.

At stake is the economic future of rural Minnesota, where broadband access is either slower or unavailable, the task force's report says. It calls on the state to turn things around, in part, with tax incentives to encourage broadband companies to expand.

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