Delaware Is Dead Set on Putting Your State’s Broadband to Shame

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Delaware is a national leader in broadband adoption and speed. However, the state is not resting on its laurels, and the chief information officer has a plan to bring broadband connectivity to rural areas using high-speed wireless technologies. “My hope is in the next 24 months, we’re going to eradicate this rural broadband issue,” said James Collins, state chief information officer. “We’ve made a conscious decision that we don’t think it’s the government’s business to be in competition with the private sector as it relates to broadband and other things,” Collins explained. “So we have been trying to incentivize them to build out in areas where it wouldn’t otherwise be economically feasible for them to do so.”


Delaware Is Dead Set on Putting Your State’s Broadband to Shame