Mid-sized Cities Look to Broadband

In the past, one of the attractions of a metropolitan area was that it afforded better amenities. But that's changing. Today, thanks to technology, many comforts once found in big cities can now be found in other places as well.

One of the biggest changes in the past few years has been the expansion of broadband technology into outlier areas. Broadband access has the potential to transform life in mid-sized cities. How? By erasing geographic limits and letting folks get online to get instant access to information. This is already changing health care, education and commerce in smaller communities around the nation.

Today's Flagstaff newspaper contains a story about efforts in that mid-sized city to take advantage of an Obama administration broadband initiative:

http://azdailysun.com/articles/2009/03/17/news/local/20090317_local_192861.txt

Simply put, broadband expansion is key to job-creation in mid-sized cities.