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MATR Newsletter – March 28, 2022
The state with the best education wins!




Should States Fund Municipal Broadband and Cooperatives?

Municipal broadband is booming, growing 600 percent since 2018. These alternatives to private-sector Internet service promise better access and affordability to communities. But are they really cost-effective?



Travel is the only thing you can buy that makes you richer.


Today’s MATR Newsletter is sponsored by:

City of Bozeman Economic Development

Great Falls Development Authority

Next Generation Broadband in Montana

  • Should States Fund Municipal Broadband and Cooperatives?

    Municipal broadband is booming, growing 600 percent since 2018. These alternatives to private-sector Internet service promise better access and affordability to communities. But are they really cost-effective?

  • SpaceX Starlink internet service gets more reliable, and mobile

    Starlink is becoming an increasingly viable alternative to incumbent providers in rural areas — if you don’t mind waiting on the list until 2023, and if you can stomach the cost of the Starlink dish and wireless router, which just went up by $100 to $599, along with an $11 increase in the service fee, to $110/month.

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Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana

Funding and Building your Business

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