Matt Cordio: Conservatives should take a free market approach to driving rural broadband adoption

The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. Rep. Rob Summerfield (R-Spooner), recently testified that nearly 400,000 rural Wisconsinites lack access to high-speed broadband in 2021. This is disappointing, as over the past few decades BILLIONS of state and federal taxpayer dollars have been spent subsidizing big telecom...