South Carolina Still Lags Behind in High-Speed Digital Access
BY COREY HUTCHINS | freetimes
In October 2009, the state Budget and Control Board quietly approved a $143 million contract that effectively leased out 95 percent of the state’s broadcast bandwidth — owned by the public for decades — to two private telecommunications companies for the next 30 years.
Those companies — Washington-based Clearwire and Virginia-based DigitalBridge — were expected to build out connectivity to rural and underserved areas of the state.
Nearly two years later, the strategy for expanding broadband access in the Palmetto State appears static.
