Mobile broadband is the next big thing in Internet service, allowing us to access cat videos from anywhere we can get a signal. Connect Minnesota recently released a study looking at the extent of mobile broadband in Minnesota and found that rural Minnesota was still behind the metro, as our Minnesota Internet Survey indicated last year. Mobile broadband holds a lot of promise for rural users, but issues like data caps and signal strength still need to be worked out before it can be really viable. And in the meantime, schools are moving ahead, supplying kids with technology they can’t use at home if they don’t have broadband.

Is mobile broadband the solution?