Rural Electric Co-Mo Coop Goes Gig Community Broadband Bits Episode 140
b'As high quality Internet has become more essential for business and quality of life, those who realized that the existing telecom providers had no intention to invest in better connections in their rural Missouri communities began to ask their electric cooperative - Co-Mo - to step up and do it.\\n\\nThis week, we talk with Randy Klindt, General Manager of Co-Mo Connect, which is building a gigabit fiber network out to its members despite having not been chosen to receive any stimulus funds. \\n\\nWe discuss how they have structured the network, why they felt compelled to get into the business, and some of the results from their approach. \\n\\nRead the transcript from our discussion here.\\n\\nWe want your feedback and suggestions for the show - please e-mail us or leave a comment below. \\n\\nThis show is 20 minutes long and can be played below on this page or via iTunes or via the tool of your choice using this feed. \\n\\nListen to previous episodes here. You can can download this Mp3 file directly from here.\\n\\nFind more episodes in our podcast index.\\n\\nThanks to Persson for the music, licensed using Creative Commons. The song is "Blues walk."'