‘Digital town squares’ boost internet speeds in mid-sized communities

StateScoop: Three mid-sized and rural communities are using the internet at faster speeds than ever before, according to smart city nonprofit U.S. Ignite and the National Science Foundation, who shared success stories from the U.S. Ignite’s Smart Gigabit Communities initiative on Tuesday.

Eugene, Oregon; Urbana-Champaign, Illinois; and regions of rural Utah are all a part of the U.S. Ignite’s Smart Gigabit Communities initiative, which launched in 2017 to improve broadband infrastructure and reliability in rural areas across the country via a partnership with the National Science Foundation.

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