Figuring Out Internet Needs in California’s North

That’s how Cathy Emerson is thinking about her Northeastern California Connect research project on broadband. Emerson’s assignment is feeling out consumers’ opinions in a 12-county region about broadband. It’s her job to determine access and availability, and maybe suggest what might come next. Basically,  Emerson’s project is trying to figure out current service and future demand for high-speed Internet or wireless in some of Northern California’s most rural reaches, as well as communities.