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FCC: Nebraska Ranks Second in DSL Internet Deployment

Nebraska’s availability of digital subscriber line (DSL) high speed Internet service through local incumbent telephone companies ranks second in the nation according to a recently released Federal Communications Commission (FCC) report. “It is good news,” Second District Commissioner Anne Boyle of Omaha said. “The Legislature and Congress have been interested in providing the latest technology to all consumers. The report shows Nebraska is far ahead of the rest of the nation with the exception of one state.” In its findings on high speed services for Internet access, the FCC found that Nebraska had a DSL saturation of 89 percent availability where incumbent local telephone companies operate. Only Georgia, with 90 percent, had a higher rating. The Commission’s 2007 Broadband Survey report said 94 percent of Nebraska’s 577 population centers have broadband access to the Internet.