Alfred Miller, Louisville Courier-Journal, Author at 100 Days in Appalachia

Author: Alfred Miller, Louisville Courier-Journal

Broadband in Appalachia

How Kentucky Gambled for Hundreds of Millions of Dollars From a Broadband Program It Didn’t Qualify For

by Alfred Miller, Louisville Courier-Journal on September 9, 2019 Comments are Disabled

In the spring of 2015, KentuckyWired, the Bluegrass State’s ambitious plan to bring high-speed internet access into rural areas, had ground to a halt. Officials were in talks with Macquarie Capital, an Australian investment bank known for organizing big infrastructure projects around the globe, to build and manage the new […]

Politics

A High-Speed Internet Boondoggle is Now a Campaign Issue in Kentucky

by Alfred Miller, Louisville Courier-Journal on May 14, 2019 Comments are Disabled

Candidates for governor of both parties are using Kentucky’s long-delayed and over-budget statewide internet project to bash Gov. Matt Bevin, following a jointly published report by the Courier Journal and ProPublica. KentuckyWired — a bipartisan plan pushed by former Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear and Republican Rep. Hal Rogers — promised to […]

Tech

Kentucky’s $1.5 Billion Information Highway to Nowhere

by Alfred Miller, Louisville Courier-Journal on May 13, 2019 Comments are Disabled

Gov. Matt Bevin has offered no solution to the boondoggle he inherited, a plan to bring high-speed internet to Kentucky’s remote corners. The internet arrived in some parts of eastern Kentucky’s Jackson and Owsley counties on the back of a mule named Old Bub. Nine years ago, Old Bub trudged […]