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Abstract: Broadband commonly refers to high-speed internet access that is always on and faster than the traditional dial-up access. Most urban areas in the United States have broadband services abundantly provided, but adequate broadband in rural areas of the country still do not have enough internet service needed to perform and compete in modern markets and complete necessary tasks in communications for education, businesses, health care, and farming communities. This case was written for a Computer Information Systems undergraduate course, or an introduction to Management Information Systems course, where this topic is discussed. The case could be used in other courses to discuss the impact of legislation on business, public/private collaborations, and ethics. It has application for various economics classes or courses bearing on the Internet and connectivity. The case was written to generate discussion and to help students grapple with the trade-offs of social and economic realities with business and governmental policies. Actually solving the problem is beyond the scope of most courses although suggested avenues for solutions can be generated. The emphasis, therefore, is to provide a case that allows students to learn about the topics and become knowledgeable about the problems that are presented.

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Recommended Citation: McCoy, R., (2020). Broadband Connectivity In “Flyover Country”. Information Systems Education Journal18(2) pp 41-49. http://ISEDJ.org/2020-2/ ISSN : ISSN: 1545-679X. A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of EDSIGCON 2019