Social Media, Connectivity & Communications

Compared with other rural states and even some urban areas, broadband Internet service in Montana is widely available.

Today your internet has a wire. Tomorrow, it probably won’t.

The future of telecommunication resembles many other industries that are succumbing to the power of the World Wide Web.

In North Idaho, Ferdinand is the first of several communities that will benefit from a federal grant program to give residents alternatives to dial-up and satellite service

Interestingly, it does not delete your account on the particular social network you want removed. It empties the entire contents of your account.

Most of the 14 grants went to last-mile projects, the primary stimulus focus of the RUS.

The rules have been simplified for the second round of federal broadband applications, but there are now two sets of rules to consider. Are you still in the running?

Did you know that 30% of today’s employers are using Facebook to vet potential employees prior to hiring?

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration will focus on funding middle-mile broadband projects, while the U.S. Rural Utilities Service will award last-mile projects.

Rural communities intent on providing broadband networks can’t wait for help; they have to look inward. Downhome investors are making IT advancement real.