{"id":91,"date":"2013-02-24T15:01:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-24T20:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/companies-need-broadband-especially-in-rural-areas-of-our-county-andrea-schruijer-vlcia-2013-02-19.html"},"modified":"2013-02-24T15:01:31","modified_gmt":"2013-02-24T20:01:31","slug":"companies-need-broadband-especially-in-rural-areas-of-our-county-andrea-schruijer-vlcia-2013-02-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/companies-need-broadband-especially-in-rural-areas-of-our-county-andrea-schruijer-vlcia-2013-02-19.html","title":{"rendered":"Companies need broadband, especially in rural areas of our county &mdash;Andrea Schruijer @ VLCIA 2013-02-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a name=\"Schruijer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E8RnZG1i4Wk&amp;list=PLshUv86fYkiHaEK5PhHJ7p1RCtOz1PgWy\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017ee8b58f41970d\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017ee8b58f41970d-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a>\nAndrea Schruijer&#8217;s\n<a name=\"Schruijer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E8RnZG1i4Wk&amp;list=PLshUv86fYkiHaEK5PhHJ7p1RCtOz1PgWy\">\nExecutive Director&#8217;s Report<\/a> to\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2013\/02\/broadband-on-the-table-vlcia-2013-02-19.html\">\nthe Industrial Authority 19 February 2013<\/a>\nhad one theme: Internet broadband speed and access.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\nIt&#8217;s a concern, especially in more rural parts of our county&#8230;.\n<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s up to us to make sure that we create an awareness of the\nimportance of having that technology in our community.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E8RnZG1i4Wk?list=PLshUv86fYkiHaEK5PhHJ7p1RCtOz1PgWy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal;\">\nWhy the sudden (just started late last year) emphasis on broadband?\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\nWe&#8217;ve worked with a few of our existing industries\nthat do not have the capacity.\nOperations have had to change\nor move to different locations that have better connectivity.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal;\">\nThat&#8217;s a not-so-veiled reference to the the company that located\nin Lake Park and discovered there was no broadband,\nand to the two companies that moved their IT operations to Thomasville.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal;\">\nShe emphasized again that\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sYkgNuSmeh0&amp;list=PLshUv86fYkiHaEK5PhHJ7p1RCtOz1PgWy\">\nbroadband throughout the county was important:<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\n<p>\nEspecially with this being a home-based call center,\nwith jobs that&#8217;s going to have to reach out to those individual homes\nto be sure they have the capability to do that.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sYkgNuSmeh0?list=PLshUv86fYkiHaEK5PhHJ7p1RCtOz1PgWy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sYkgNuSmeh0&amp;list=PLshUv86fYkiHaEK5PhHJ7p1RCtOz1PgWy\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017c37126ba4970b\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017c37126ba4970b-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a>\nShe was looking straight at Bill Slaughter as she said that,\njust after she called him by name.\nVLCIA Chairman Roy Copeland then asked Lowndes County Chairman\nSlaughter to speak up.\nSee\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2013\/02\/broadband-one-of-the-number-one-issues-bill-slaughter-vlcia-2013-02-19.html\">\nnext post.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrea Schruijer&#8217;s Executive Director&#8217;s Report to the Industrial Authority 19 February 2013 had one theme: Internet broadband speed and access. 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