The Arkansas Broadband Office and the Arkansas Department of Commerce will host a Rural Broadband Forum on Monday, May 16, 2022, at the Benton Event Center.

The Rural Broadband Forum will give the public, internet service providers, and stakeholders the opportunity to provide feedback of the recently released state-wide broadband report. The forum will be available via live stream at www.myarkansaspbs.org/arcan.

Forum Special Guests:

Tom Flak, CTO, Broadband Development Group
Jeffrey Zern, VP, Broadband Expansion Strategy, Windstream
Bob Mouser, SVP & General Manager of Hometown Services, Ritter Communications
Doug Maglothin, Diamond State Networks, Director of Operations, Electric Cooperatives
Jason Hunt, CEO,  CableSouth/Swyft Connect
Philip Powell, Assistant Director, Local Affairs & Rural Development, Farm Bureau
Angie Cooper, Chief Program Officer, Heartland Forward   

EVENT: 
2022 Arkansas Rural Broadband Forum

DATE/TIME:
Monday, May 16, 2022
9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.