• ANOTHER OPTION Roger Hannigan Gilson reported in the Register-Star that broadband Internet access is now available to residents of Copake and Chatham. New York-based ASA Networks uses TV white spaces technology and is focused on serving rural areas. It recently completed an extensive technology trial in the Gallatin-Ancram area. Approximately 50 of the trial participants in Gallatin continue to be served by the company as paying customers. A connection has been set up at Insight Computer, located at 9 Hudson Ave. in Chatham, to demonstrate the product to the public. “Everyone is welcome to stop by and try it out here," said the store’s owner Frank Shannon. Columbia County has one of the highest rates of unserved and under-served households in the state, according to ASA. The county is working on a plan to bring high-speed Internet to rural areas with plans to lay fiber-optic cables that can be used by various Internet service providers.

• RURAL BROADBAND Cecilia Tkaczyk's "The Albany Report" will tune in rural broadband access Mon., Sept. 21 at 10 a.m. on WGXC. The conversation will focus on how the community of Lexington, in Greene County, is pushing to get connected. Scheduled guests include Steve Finch, Plant Manager, and Glenn Faulkner, General Manager, of Margaretville Telephone Company, and Bonnie Blader, a Lexington resident. Anyone can call in during the show at (518) 828-0290 or send your comments or questions via email to thealbanyreport@gmail.com. Or take three minutes and record a question or comment ahead of time at (518) 291-WGXC (9492).