High speed internet is a key issue, Vap says

An increase in high speed internet access is key to Nebraska’s future, according Gerald Vap of the Nebraska Public Service Commission.

Vap, the NPSC’s fifth district commissioner, toured the panhandle recently to promote the commission’s use of the universal service fund for the broadband pilot program. Over the last three years, about three-fourths of Kimball County and more than a third of Banner County have been impacted by the program.

“If we’re not providing high speed internet to customers, they’re not going to be customers in the future,” Vap said.

The universal servic...