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Broadband Breakthrough

Broadband Breakthrough

This report follows the journey of five rural counties in Illinois (Edgar, Hancock, McLean, Ogle, and Schuyler) that enrolled in the Broadband Breakthrough community engagement and broadband planning program to understand the value of improved broadband access and used the resources and open-source tools the program provides to chart a path for better broadband.

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Broadband Breakthrough

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