MD Governor Robert Ehrlich released details of a $2 million advance to continue the rollout of the Rural Broadband Initiative. The effort will bring Internet via cable and fiber-optic lines to less-developed parts of eastern, southern and western Maryland. The announcement represents implementation of the second phase of a three phase plan authorized by the Rural Broadband Communication bill (SB 753). The Act was signed in May 2006 to bring access to fiber optic lines to the nine counties on the Eastern Shore and the three counties in Southern Maryland. An Internet Point of Presence (POP) will be located in each county along this new fiber line, focusing on connecting business and industrial parks.
I think this is another potential indicator of the scale of project we need to be considering in NW Pennsylvania. That is, township-specific or county-based initiatives, as substantial as they are, may not be big enough.
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