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CONNECTIONS: A noble calling — hooray for local news

Let nothing more weighty than the size of a match box and the number of letters it could hold limit local news reporting in these tense times.

CONNECTIONS: Thinking ahead

In 1907, there were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads. The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.

CONNECTIONS: Berkshires once enjoyed cutting-edge communications network

So why could we get the telegraph and telephone service to rural Berkshire County in the nineteenth century but cannot get broadband today? What is the problem and what is the solution?
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