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Eliminating the rural broadband gap

Microsoft calls for U.S. strategy, to be completed in five years.

Today in Technology: innovation in the heart of America

Cutting-edge technology once took root in the center of the country. It can happen again.

RADWIN and Microsoft announce strategic partnership to deliver innovative TV White Space solutions

It will help make broadband more affordable and accessible in the rural U.S. and around the world.

The rural broadband divide: An urgent national problem that we can solve

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Today in Technology: Nelson Mandela’s Legacy

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Packerland Broadband and Microsoft announce agreement to deliver broadband internet to rural communities in Wisconsin and Michigan

A Rural broadband strategy: connecting Rural America to new opportunities

Connecting rural communities with affordable broadband

Microsoft uses “TV white space” to provide internet in Puerto Rico

Halifax County tired of ‘bandwidth exhaustion’

To close digital divide, Microsoft to harness unused television channels

Microsoft wants to close rural broadband gap by tapping unused TV spectrum

Microsoft wants to bring 2 million rural Americans online by 2022

Microsoft courts rural America, and politicians, with high-speed internet

Microsoft eyes buffer zone in TV airwaves for rural internet

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White Paper: A Rural Broadband Strategy

Microsoft calls for U.S. strategy to eliminate rural broadband gap within 5 years

A rural broadband strategy: connecting rural America to new opportunities

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