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Pa.'s Broadband Internet Access Ranked Highly

by KYW's John Ostapkovich

"Bringing America Up to Speed: States' Role in Expanding Broadband" comes from the Pew Center on the States whose deputy director Lori Grange says both a desire to spread high-speed Internet access and, in recent years, tight budgets push this envelope.
Pennsylvania, for example, as far back as 2004 earmarked money to spread broadband for more than just e-mail and Youtube:
"States are looking at a wide spectrum of policy areas in which broadband can potentially play a role. In fact, just about every policy area that states manage could be affected by expanding broadband availability, adoption and quality."
An unrelated web site, speedmatters.org, has an interactive map showing, even down to the zip code level, where broadband is the fastest.
For more information, go to www.pewcenteronthestates.com.
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