How this broadband bootcamp is helping U.S. tribal communities gain internet access
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Tribal Broadband Bootcamp provides hands-on training in the hopes of establishing internet access where it has been historically lacking.
There’s a home movie theater with orange walls and plush recliners at the top of a steep hill on Matthew Rantanen’s ranch in Southern California. But on a recent afternoon, people weren’t flocking to the room to watch a movie or to escape the scorching heat, they were shining a beam of light through more than 55,000 feet (17 kilometers) of fiber optic cable coiled up in the corner.