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| Title: | Broadband Internet's Value for Rural America |
| Authors: | Stenberg, Peter L.
Morehart, Mitchell J.
Vogel, Stephen J.
Cromartie, John
Breneman, Vincent E.
Brown, Dennis M. |
| Authors (Email): | Stenberg, Peter (stenberg@ers.usda.gov)
Morehart, Mitchell J. (morehart@ers.usda.gov)
Vogel, Stephen (svogel@ers.usda.gov)
Cromartie, John (jbc@ers.usda.gov)
Breneman, Vince (breneman@ers.usda.gov) |
| Keywords: | Internet
broadband
high-speed Internet
rural economies
rural economic
growth
digital economy
telemedicine
rural
urban
Census data
June Agricultural
Survey
Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS)
ERS
USDA |
| Issue Date: | 2009-08 |
| Series/Report no.: | Economic Research Report
Number 78 |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/55944 |
| Institution/Association: | United States Department of Agriculture>Economic Research Service>Economic Research Report |
| Total Pages: | 62 |
| Collections: | Economic Research Report
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