Aug 28, 2024

Breaking Ground: Here’s what universal broadband access could look like

Kai Ryssdal, right, interviews Keith Gabbard, CEO of Peoples Rural Telephone Cooperative, in McKee, Kentucky. Andie Corban/Marketplace

We visit McKee, Kentucky, population 800, where all homes and businesses have had fiber-optic internet connections since 2014.

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Breaking Ground

How a small Kentucky town was 10 years ahead of the government

by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban

Aug 28, 2024

As the federal government tries to connect every home to high-speed internet by 2030, Kai Ryssdal visits a Kentucky town that already did that — 10 years ago.

An early transition toward high-speed fiber internet has transformed some American communities.

Andie Corban/Marketplace

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Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

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