Michigan needs statewide broadband access, argued Jim Byrum,...
Michigan needs statewide broadband access, argued Jim Byrum, president of the Michigan Agri-Business Association, in a Wednesday American Agriculturist op-ed (http://bit.ly/14Xv6rl). “Policymakers from township halls to Capitol Hill must focus on creating and updating telecom policies that support the expansion…
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of robust broadband networks to ensure that people in every part of the country and our state have access to the tools necessary to thrive and succeed,” he wrote. “Michigan’s agricultural industry has been a major economic driver over the past decade, bringing in $91.4 billion annually to the state. To continue that trend, the industry must have access to critical communications infrastructure like mobile broadband networks.” He cited the need for investment and pointed to AT&T’s $1.5 billion investment over the past three years. He slammed “out-of-date government regulations requiring expensive maintenance of old copper-wire phone lines.”