Not connected and no Netflix: 'It's frankly embarrassing' in these Kansas towns [telecom]

Feb 19, 2020 0 Replies

By Kevin Hardy and Jonathan Shorman, The Kansas City Star



COTTONWOOD FALLS, Kan. - The internet service was so bad at Citizens State Bank in Cottonwood Falls, Kan., that its computers could hardly handle a routine update from Microsoft.



So not too long ago, bank vice president Matt Lindamood loaded up the PCs and drove them over to Emporia, 30 minutes away. There, he connected the desktop computers to a fiber internet connection.



"What we couldn't get done here happened in a matter of minutes there," he said.



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