High-Speed Internet

The U.S. Department of Agriculture allocated $40 million in loans and grants to telecommunications companies to build high-speed internet networks in rural parts of Illinois and Missouri.

Missouri S&T engineering professor Casey Canfield shares new research into what it will take to expand high-speed broadband access to rural areas.

Leaders in the southwestern Illinois village wonder if it will be just as hard for other small towns to get fiber internet.

The issue is widespread, but low-income areas often face multiple barriers to adequate internet access.

“I’m sure Gov. Pritzker didn’t think the internet providers would be causing the digital divide, but they are,” said one member of the community who's been pushing for high speed internet for more than a decade.

Almost all Illinois residents have access to basic internet speeds, but it’s expensive and too slow. Will federal money help?

Service finally may begin in Fairmont City in the spring.

Missouri’s senior senator traveled to six small towns to talk about economic development and health care issues facing rural areas.

University of Missouri Extension researchers say expanding broadband will help more prosper, if people use the technology.

A Washington, D.C., think tank suggests connecting rural areas to faster internet service can help bring the country together.