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Connected Nation
This is Connected Nation – an award-winning podcast focused on all things broadband. From closing the Digital Divide to simply improving your internet speeds, we talk technology topics that impact all of us, our families, and our communities.
The podcast was honored in 2024 with an Award of Excellence for Podcast Series - Technology. This is the highest honor given by the Communicator Awards. More recently, the podcast received an Award of Distinction in 2025. It received the same honor in 2023 and 2022.
Learn more about the national nonprofit behind this podcast at connectednation.org.
Connected Nation
Big data is needed to access big dollars. Why this is a once-in-a-generation chance to expand broadband.
On this episode of Connected Nation, we're talking big data and big dollars with Faster Internet Oregon – a group working to ensure that billions of dollars in federal funding for improving internet access and speeds is distributed equitably
Learn what the grassroots organization is asking residents, community organizations, and businesses to do AND find out why it's probably something that should also be happening in YOUR state.
Related links:
Test your at-home speeds - https://www.fasterinternetoregon.org/
Free materials - Get free promotional materials by clicking here
Press release - Press release about statewide broadband speed testing
Season 2, Episode 23 - What wildfires taught Link Oregon’s leaders about expanding broadband access
