Stimulus Stirs Debate Over Rural Broadband Access

Source: 2007 Ag Census/Tim Murphy
The counties in darkest blue have the highest percentage of farms with broadband connections; those in light yellow have the smallest percentage of high speed Internet users.

I found this NPR article on a debate on the following topic: should the stimulus package include funding Broadband Internet across Rural America?

This picture was on DailyYonder  (which was also used in the NPR article), which carries an abundant amount of information about American rural Internet use. Click the photo for a better view.