Travis McGlasson
Illinois Ports Fear BEAD Slowdown
The Illinois Waterway (ILWW) Ports Commission is a special government district serving ten rural, riverfront counties in Central and North Central Illinois. ILWW recently wrote to members of the Illinois Congressional delegation to stress that rural Illinois residents have gone too long without adequate broadband access. "The ILWW Ports Commission simply cannot be a modern, sustainable, rural, regional, multi-modal, inland port without broadband access.