Time is running out to make your voice heard in the first component of Bastrop County’s effort to improve internet availability, as a county-wide broadband internet survey will close this week. In July, the Bastrop County Broadband Committee and nonprofit Connected Nation Texas launched an effort to survey the county, identify areas that have no or limited internet access and develop solutions for expanding that access. The large broadband coalition consists of utility companies, broadband providers, school districts, chambers of commerce, local economic development corporations, medical providers and more. Additionally, there is a smaller broadband task force made up of representatives from ...