The third in Cooperative Extension’s Issues and Ice Cream series will focus on “Bridging the Digital Divide: Broadband and the New Hampshire Economy.”  

The event takes place Jan. 29 from 12:30-2 p.m. in room 334 of the MUB. 

Twenty-seven percent of New Hampshire residents don’t have broadband internet, defined by the FCC as “high-speed Internet access that is always on and faster than the traditional dial-up access.”  

Join us for a discussion about what broadband access, or lack thereof, means to New Hampshire. Our panel will discuss the implications of the digital divide, outline what’s happening to improve broadband access and use across the state, and convey what the implications of broadband expansion are for economic development, telemedicine, and educational attainment. 

The event, coordinated by Cooperative Extension’s community and economic development team, includes Cooperative Extension program team leader Charlie French, Extension specialists André Garron, Molly Donovan, Dan Reidy, and Shane Bradt, Fay Rubin and David Foote, NH Broadband Mapping and Planning Program, Scott Valcourt, Network NH Now and George Fryburg, Connect NH. 

Come share your experience, ideas or research and enjoy ice cream from the UNH Dairy Bar.