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<br /> The report says high-speed Internet service will be vital for
<br /> he fast Internet speeds available to most Twin economic development and delivering community services,such
<br /> as education and medical visits.
<br /> Cities residents should be made available The report will be submitted to a joint meeting of the Minne-
<br /> throughout Minnesota, and the state should sota House and Senate telecommunications committees at the
<br /> State Capitol today.The task force hopes the Legislature will ac-
<br /> help make it happen,a state task force will rec- cept the report's findings when it returns in February,said Rick
<br /> ommend today. King,chairman of the Ultra High Speed Broadband Task Force,
<br /> created by the Legislature.While the report is expected to influ-
<br /> At stake is the economic future of rural Minnesota, where ence future state spending,it probably won't affect national dis-
<br /> broadband access is either slower or unavailable,the task force's tribution of$Z2 billion in federal stimulus money for broadband,
<br /> report says.It calls on the state to turn things around,in part,with he said.
<br /> tax incentives to encourage broadband companies to expand. How much of the state lacks broadband is a matter of dispute.
<br /> The far-reaching plan for extending the reach of high-speed In- A state-sponsored survey said 94 percent of state residents had
<br /> ternet access will be shown to state legislators today,but already
<br /> some critics say it lacks specifics about financing and is too tim- Internet continues on D2►
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