By Noel SimsThe Nevada Independent When Destini Keesee was a student at the Gerlach K-12 School, there was at least one constant factor for the town’s internet access —unreliability. “As a kid going to school here, sometimes I would be down at Bruno’s in the bar, like trying to get my homework done,” she said, referring to one of the two restaurants in a rural Northern … [Read more...]
USDA Brings Broadband to Nevada’s Frontier Towns
USDA Rural Development People living in small Nevada towns, like Dyer, Lund, Duckwater, Mina, Currant and Tuscarora, have been waiting a long time for Internet to arrive. In these rural areas, broadband signal once was out of the question. Now, at least in a few towns, that has changed for good. When work began nearly 20 years ago to bring broadband into the most remote … [Read more...]