Internet

The new hires at TDS include five construction technicians and two field technicians. They also include a network specialist and a sales supervisor.

TDS already has their first 500 customers signed up in the Heights, and they soon plan on launching their services in several other Montana markets.

Of all the places on the internet I would have never thought of checking here, but from now you should check out Twitter. I will be honest, I have a twitter account but rarely use it. As a fan I get more sports information there than anything else, but jobs are posted all over their site...

This week Senator Steve Daines spoke with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development and Rural Utilities Service asking officials to consider extending broadband services to Montanans that currently don’t have service.

These days, it seems like a pen and paper are less mandatory in the classroom, as the digital age takes over and encourages students’ learning potential. Montana Governor Steve Bullock partnered up with the national nonprofit EducationSuperHighway to help upgrade schools with high-speed Internet and encourages Montana students to reach their full learning potential.

The new editor of the Missoulian newspaper is Matthew Bunk, who comes to Missoula from Libby, where he was most recently the editor and publisher of The Western News.

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox spoke out today, June 12, against the U.S. Senate's passage of the Marketplace Fairness Act, a bill which would require businesses to collect sales taxes for online sales based on the location of the purchaser.

This week, Century Link asked the Public Service Commission (PSC) for help in identifying areas in Montana that do not have broadband internet access.

The first round of the Social Media Tourism Symposium is over and Missoula will undoubtedly move on to the Elite 8 with seven other cities.

Earlier this week, it was announced that the State of Montana will work with the Montana University System to bring an ultra-high speed telecommunications network to the State. By working together, the State and University System hope to save $500,000 in annual costs while increasing the bandwith and capacity of the shared "core" at the heart of both networks...