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Updated · pharostribune.com · Jul 22
Indiana Expands High-Speed Internet to 123,000 Homes
Updated
Updated · pharostribune.com · Jul 22

Indiana Expands High-Speed Internet to 123,000 Homes

3 articles · Updated · pharostribune.com · Jul 22

Summary

  • 123,000 Indiana homes will gain high-speed internet in the state's largest broadband expansion, targeting rural areas that have long lacked reliable service.
  • Thousands of rural Hoosiers have been left without dependable connections, limiting basic online access for households across the state.
  • Students in those communities have struggled to complete homework online, with some families driving to fast-food parking lots to get internet access.
  • Businesses have also relied on slow or unreliable service, snarling sales and delaying product deliveries as the state pushes to close the rural digital gap.

Insights

With soaring costs and labor shortages, will the $856 million broadband program truly close Indiana's digital divide on schedule?
Is Indiana's fiber-focused strategy agile enough to compete with emerging satellite and 5G technologies for rural connectivity?
As new fiber networks arrive, how will rural families afford internet now that the main federal subsidy program has ended?