The Dude was knee deep in working on a rant, er, rather, an informative post, about pie charts when he came down sick with a nasty head cold and allergy attack. It seems like the kind that a few expired Allegra poppers might not immediately eradicate, so it’s on to Plan B, which for this week is remote desktop access courtesy of the NLC CompTeam (thanks, CompTeam) and a short tidbit on broadband (now
defined by the FCC as 25 Mbps downstream) and underserved areas. As a part of this report, FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel said: “We can do audacious things if we set big goals, and I think our new threshold, frankly, should be 100Mbps.” Good progressive thinking, Jessica.
While it is axiomatic that libraries play a huge role in bridging the underserved gap (especially in smaller communities), how does Nebraska rate as far as underserved areas (and infrastructure grants)? Well, you could try to decipher the massive bar chart above, or look at this simple graphic I created (you might have to click to enlarge):
Shaka.
The Dude was knee deep in working on a rant, er, rather, an informative post, about pie charts when he came down sick with a nasty head cold and allergy attack. It seems like the kind that a few expired Allegra poppers might not immediately eradicate, so it’s on to Plan B, which for this week is remote desktop access courtesy of the NLC CompTeam (thanks, CompTeam) and a short tidbit on broadband (now defined by the FCC as 25 Mbps downstream) and underserved areas. As a part of this report, FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel said: “We can do audacious things if we set big goals, and I think our new threshold, frankly, should be 100Mbps.” Good progressive thinking, Jessica.
While it is axiomatic that libraries play a huge role in bridging the underserved gap (especially in smaller communities), how does Nebraska rate as far as underserved areas (and infrastructure grants)? Well, you could try to decipher the massive bar chart above, or look at this simple graphic I created (you might have to click to enlarge):
Shaka. 
25Mbps? Try between 4 and 5Mbps. That’s what we get here in Orchard both at my home and at the library through Telebeep Wireless out of Norfolk. Before that we went through Frontier and the best was about 1.5Mbps, so an improvement. Don’t know what Frontier offers now. Maybe they increased theirs when some other company just bypassed them by bouncing a wireless signal in from high spot to high spot, which I understand is what a Wyoming wireless provider did for the Scottsbluff/Gering area years ago when their local phone co. refused to even consider offering dial-up. I will believe 25Mbps when I actually see it.
Linda Risinger, Director
Orchard Public Library