In rural Ford County, a contractor buries fiber-optic cable next to a field for Ideatek, a local broadband company based in the town of Buhler. Ideatek has used fiber lines like this one to bring high-speed internet to several towns with populations of just a few hundred people in southwest Kansas. [Ideatek/Ideatek]
By David Condos kansasnewsservice.org HAYS, Kansas — With a family of five and a farming operation to run, Clay Scott’s home internet didn’t come close…