{"id":713226,"date":"2010-04-09T18:03:59","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T22:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blandinonbroadband.org\/?p=3276"},"modified":"2010-04-09T18:03:59","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T22:03:59","slug":"mankato%e2%80%99s-view-of-broadband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/713226","title":{"rendered":"Mankato\u2019s View of Broadband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent editorial in the <a href=\"http:\/\/mankatofreepress.com\/editorials\/x552033074\/Our-View-Broadband-needs-a-jump-start\/print\">Mankato Free Press<\/a> applauds the Ultra High-Speed Task Force <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/blandinonbroadband.org\/2009\/11\/06\/minnesota-broadband-task-force-recommendations-are-unveiled\/\">recommendations<\/a> for more public and private partnerships to deploy broadband. In fact, according to the article, Mankato has been on the ball for implementing public-private partnerships\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Fortunately, some public\/private collaboration has already happened in the Mankato region.<\/p>\n<p>In February of this year, HickoryTech and the South Central Service Cooperative agreed to expand and develop an Internet, data and video conferencing service to 69 schools and libraries in a 12-county region of south central Minnesota.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The goal, as you might assume, is elearning.<\/p>\n<p>The Mankato editorial was less optimistic at some of the other Task Force recommendations. They were skeptical of the broadband advisory committee when there will be little funding for such a venture in the Legislature although they seemed to agree that such a concerted statewide initiative is necessary.<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/blandinonbroadband.wordpress.com\/3276\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/blandinonbroadband.wordpress.com\/3276\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godelicious\/blandinonbroadband.wordpress.com\/3276\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/delicious\/blandinonbroadband.wordpress.com\/3276\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gostumble\/blandinonbroadband.wordpress.com\/3276\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/stumble\/blandinonbroadband.wordpress.com\/3276\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godigg\/blandinonbroadband.wordpress.com\/3276\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/digg\/blandinonbroadband.wordpress.com\/3276\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/goreddit\/blandinonbroadband.wordpress.com\/3276\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/reddit\/blandinonbroadband.wordpress.com\/3276\/\" \/><\/a> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?w=780\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent editorial in the Mankato Free Press applauds the Ultra High-Speed Task Force recommendations for more public and private partnerships to deploy broadband. In fact, according to the article, Mankato has been on the ball for implementing public-private partnerships\u2026 Fortunately, some public\/private collaboration has already happened in the Mankato region. 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