On Sept. 27, 2013, I attended the Broadband Summit held at Frostburg State University.
The purpose of the summit was to let Internet Service Providers and Garrett County and Allegany County businesses and county organizations discuss broadband internet access in the area. Local politicians from both counties were also in attendance.
Several businesses want broadband but are located in remote areas where it is not available. They desire to have the service and asked why providers did not have plans to run lines into their areas.
The providers maintain that there is not a business case that justifies the expense of building the lines to remote areas: there are not enough customers.
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