Author: Susan E. KochPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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Assessing the Telecommunication Needs of a Rural Community
Author: Susan E. KochPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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Telecommunications and Rural Development
Author: Jurgen SchmandtPublisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
This study assesses the potential that telecommunications advances hold for rural America and is the outcome of the third in a series of policy research projects into issues relating telecommunications policy and economic development undertaken by research teams of faculty and students at the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs and College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin. All three projects have been concerned with telecommunications at two levels: the effects of telecommunications advances on our economy and society and the policy framework that has resulted from divestiture of AT&T. The first project studied state telecommunication policy and resulted in the publication of Telecommunications Policy and Economic Development: The New State Role (Praeger, 1989); the second, which dealt with cities and large telecommunications users, produced The New Urban Infrastructure: Cities and Telecommunications (Praeger, 1990). Telecommunications and rural development has been much more frequently researched in Third World countries than in advanced industrialized ones and this volume represents a significant contribution to the literature on the subject. The findings are divided into four general research areas. Following an introduction, Chapter Two looks at some fascinating telecommunications applications in American rural businesses from Wal-Mart, to traditional rural businesses like the lumber industry, to the opening of new businesses like telemarketing. Chapter Three assesses the use of telecommunication for delivery of public services from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to health care and distance education. Chapter Four asserts that many of the benefits of telecommunications for rural America will only be realized if the small independent or cooperative telephone companies remain healthy and progressive. The substantial contribution to community development, from community revitalization and regional cooperation to infrastructure upgrading, is the focus of Chapter Five. A final chapter offers conclusions. This is required reading for students, scholars, and practitioners in the fields of communications/telecommunications and government.
The Feasibility and Value of Broadband Communications in Rural Areas
Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology AssessmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Broadband amplifiers
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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Options to Increase Access to Telecommunications Services in Rural and Low-Income Areas
Author: Arturo Muente-KunigamiPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821381431
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Telecommunications sector policy-makers and regulators have a wide range of instruments available to them that can be used to increase access to telecommunications services in rural and low-income areas. The paper provides a review of these instruments, evaluating them against a set of criteria. It then goes on to identify a number of them that are worthy of further consideration by policy-makers and regulators while demonstrating that the effectiveness of the identified instruments can be greatly enhanced by the establishment of a conducive legal, regulatory and institutional framework. The paper concludes by confirming that while no single instrument taken in isolation can provide a full solution to universal access, a mix of the measures identified can be devised to achieve specific policy objectives in a particular country environment.
Minnesota Rural Telecommunications Needs Assessment
Author: Planning for Rural Telecommunications Systems
Author: Peg KayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Telecommunication
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Assessing the Extent of and Demand for Telecommunications Infrastructure in Rural America
Author: Daryl J. HobbsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Infrastructure (Economics)
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Rural America at the Crossroads
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communication in rural development
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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Communications and Rural America
Author: William MillsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communication in rural development
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Telecommunications
Author: JayEtta Z. Hecker (au)Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9781422307885
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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