A study being conducted by researchers at the University of Kansas aims to rectify what the project’s lead researcher describes as a “terrible” lack of data about broadband access in the sunflower state. “The (Federal Communications Commission) data on broadband is terrible. There’s no other word to describe it,” said KU economics professor Donna Ginther. “It’s inaccurate. It’s incomplete. So one of our first steps was to try to get a handle on actual access and speed and affordability.” Ginther, who serves as lead on the project and director of KU’s Institute for Policy & Social Research, said getting to the bottom of those questions about internet access is why researchers are conducting the study now. The main piece of the study is a statewide survey that includes an internet speed test.
Source: Dodge City Daily Globe.
