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Article: Equal Web access sought: Lack of broadband service in rural areas hurts economic development, official says.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- May 13, 2007
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Byline: Laura McCandlish
May 13--SIGNIFICANT PARTS OF CARROLL COUNTY -- particularly the more rural, less populated areas -- lack broadband Internet access, which threatens to hamper economic development, said Lawrence Twele, county director of economic development.
Broadband generally refers to any mode of high-speed Internet access, whether through DSL, cable modems or fiber-optic cable. Residents or businesses without broadband service generally have to use dial-up Internet connections.
Even on the outskirts of Westminster, the developing Air Business Center and West Branch Trade Center on both sides of Route 97 have inadequate broadband ...