Editing Modalen (section)

== History ==
=== The Modalen project ===
In 2001 Modalen got a 2-megabit broadband connection. The idea was to make Modalen the world's first fully-connected wireless broadband community.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-08-16 |title=Norwegian village in broadband trial |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1493964.stm |access-date=2021-10-05 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Modalen was the first community to undergo an all-broadband project as part of an effort by the Norwegian government to achieve full broadband coverage nationwide by 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-08-30 |title=Entire Norwegian Village Gets Broadband Coverage |url=https://www.informationweek.com/it-life/entire-norwegian-village-gets-broadband-coverage |access-date=2021-10-05 |website=InformationWeek |language=en}}</ref>