Governor Mead Continues To Push For More Broadband Internet Access

Since Governor Mead took on the roll as Wyoming Governor this year he has done a great job at bringing new infrastructure into the state. Although plans fell through on a Verizon mega data center Governor Mead has still increased broadband internet access to many locations around the state and wants to continue to do so. With that said, the following  is a press release from The Office of Governor Matt Mead on his plans for continuing to bring broadband access to several areas in the state.

Governor Matt Mead said he is glad to see that Wyoming saw a significant increase in access on the latest nationwide map of access to broadband internet. The most recent National Telecommunications and Information Administration and Federal Communications Commission map shows access to high speed downloads in Wyoming moved from 54% to 85% of the population. This map shows that 84.7% of the population in Wyoming has access to download speeds of 3 MB/second and upload speeds of 0.768 Mb/second.

“While this is good news, we need to push for even greater access. I understand the challenges we face with geography, but I believe we will continue to improve. Broadband access drives so much of  economic activity in today’s world that we must continue to push for solutions.”

“I am very impressed with the innovative public-private partnerships that increased broadband access to current levels and I continue to support plans for further infrastructure improvements.”