Dr. Ali joins the podcast to talk about his book, Farm Fresh Broadband: The Politics of Rural Connectivity. He was part of our spring speaker series, visiting Nebraska for a joint event with the Rural Reconciliation Project. His work provides an analysis of U.S. broadband policy and the rural–urban digital divide, with a proposal for a new national rural broadband plan.

Ep Notes:
Related Topic Research/Articles:

• https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/opinion/rural-broadband-fcc.html
• https://www.benton.org/blog/everything-you-wanted-know-about-broadband-were-afraid-ask
• https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/15203
• https://lpeproject.org/blog/the-legacy-of-the-rural-electrification-act-and-the-promise-of-rural-broadband/