There is No Rural Revival Without Broadband

“As a manufacturer of asphalt paving equipment, Weiler is exactly the type of company poised to benefit if the federal government increases spending on roads and bridges,” the New York Times reports.

“But when Patrick Weiler talks about infrastructure, the issue he brings up first has next to nothing to do with his company’s core business. It’s broadband internet service.”

Said Weiler: “How do you get young people to want to move back into these rural areas when they feel like they’re moving back into a time frame of 20 years ago?”