{"id":3775,"date":"2011-12-14T13:10:42","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T13:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/?p=3775"},"modified":"2011-12-14T13:10:42","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T13:10:42","slug":"local-man-heads-to-washington-d-c-in-support-of-rural-broadband-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/local-man-heads-to-washington-d-c-in-support-of-rural-broadband-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Man Heads to Washington D.C. in Support of Rural Broadband Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Herb Woerpel| MLive<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_3776\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 310px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/jeff-swainston.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3776 \" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"jeff swainston\" src=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/jeff-swainston-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\"><span style=\"color: #6b6b6b;\">Jeff Swainston attempts to gain a wireless signal in the back yard of his New Salem home. Swainston recently joined 125 others in Washington D.C., lobbying in support of rural broadband Internet.<\/span><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One man\u2019s desire to bring broadband Internet coverage to rural America recently landed him in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jeff Swainston, 47, of New Salem, and 125 others recently stormed\u00a0the nation&#8217;s capital\u00a0as part of the \u201cBroadband WORKS for Rural America\u201d advocacy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The coalition featured members of the National Grange, the U.S. Cattlemen\u2019s Association, farmers, ranchers, teachers, small business owners and others from rural communities and small towns across the country. The group met with national leaders, pleading that increased access to high-speed Internet is a critical component of job creation and economic development, and is necessary to ensuring a prosperous future for citizens living in remote or hard-to-reach communities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThere are approximately 26 million Americans living in areas unserved by broadband capable of originating and receiving high-quality voice, data, graphics and video telecommunications,\u201d said Swainston, legislative director for the Michigan State Grange. \u201cApproximately 654,000 of them live in the state of Michigan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/wayland\/index.ssf\/2011\/10\/local_man_heads_to_washington.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Herb Woerpel| MLive Jeff Swainston attempts to gain a wireless signal in the back yard of his New Salem home. Swainston recently joined 125 others in Washington D.C., lobbying in support of rural broadband Internet. One man\u2019s desire to bring broadband Internet coverage to rural America recently landed him in Washington D.C. Jeff Swainston, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/local-man-heads-to-washington-d-c-in-support-of-rural-broadband-internet\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Local Man Heads to Washington D.C. in Support of Rural Broadband Internet&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1803,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grange-in-the-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Local Man Heads to Washington D.C. in Support of Rural Broadband Internet - The National Grange<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/local-man-heads-to-washington-d-c-in-support-of-rural-broadband-internet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Local Man Heads to Washington D.C. in Support of Rural Broadband Internet - The National Grange\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Herb Woerpel| MLive Jeff Swainston attempts to gain a wireless signal in the back yard of his New Salem home. 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