Broadband Internet's value for rural America

Book

Broadband Internet's value for rural America / Peter Stenberg [and others].

Stenberg, Peter L. (Added Author). United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service. (Added Author).

Summary:

As broadband--or high-speed--Internet use has spread, Internet applications requiring high transmission speeds have become an integral part of the "Information Economy," raising concerns about those who lack broadband access. This report analyzes (1) rural broadband use by consumers, the community-at-large, and businesses; (2) rural broadband availability; and (3) broadband's social and economic effects on rural areas. It also summarizes results from an ERS-sponsored workshop on rural broadband use, and other ERS-commissioned studies. In general, rural communities have less broadband Internet use than metro communities, with differing degrees of broadband availability across rural communities. Rural communities that had greater broadband Internet access had greater economic growth, which conforms to supplemental research on the benefits that rural businesses, consumers, and communities ascribe to broadband Internet use.

Record details

Physical Description: v, 62 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm.
Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, [2009]

Content descriptions

General Note:: Caption title.

"August 2009."
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 40-46).
Additional Physical Form available Note:: Also issued electronically via the World Wide Web in PDF format.