Country Cousins of the Men

I have written before about the "Men" of Telecom. Here's something on their rural colleagues.

USA Today reports they are gearing up to fight competition from cable companies -  "They probably thought no one would ever come into their bailiwick"

In the cities, we are starting to see Municipal WI-FI. Another item to add the the blue/red political divide? Or is it the green/yellow/orange/red gas price divide?

Update: Brad King writes about his hopes of bringing broadband to the "Hillbilly Highway"