Rural Arkansas’ access to Broadband Internet service will be a key factor toward creating higher-income jobs, Leslie Lane thinks.

Lane is senior vice president of Connect Arkansas, which is affiliated with the Arkansas Capital Corporation Group. Connect Arkansas has taken on the task of making sure  that more Arkansans get and use Broadband service. He spoke Thursday night to the Magnolia-Columbia County Chamber of Commerce’s 70th Annual Banquet.

Broadband Internet access is a complex technical and economic issue that deals with the speed of Internet connections. Many a...