(Saint Peter, MN) -- A new study finds that although the situation has improved, access to high-speed Internet remains a problem in Greater Minnesota, particularly in far-removed rural areas. Brad Finstad with the Saint-Peter-based Center for Rural Policy and Development says people who live on gravel roads need fast Internet to compete in a global economy, but infrastructure costs are high. He says should a farmer at the end of the gravel road pay five times more for the same speed of Internet as someone that lives in the metro area? The study found that streaming video is the on-line activity that rural Minnesotans would most like to do more of -- but they can't because of Internet bandwidth limitations.
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