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This study estimated the 10-year economic benefits that would result from expanding fixed broadband adoption in three Missouri counties that vary in their existing adoption levels and population size: Bollinger, Henry and Nodaway. Fixed broadband includes fiberoptic, cable, or DSL (digital subscriber line) technologies considered more reliable that other broadband connections.
The article is, “Entrepreneurship, Broadband, and Gender: Evidence from Establishment Births in Rural America” and it finds that broadband availability is a key factor leading to higher establishment birth rates across business size and gender in rural areas. The largest effects of broadband were on nonemployer, women-led and remote rural firms.
A small town in northwestern Missouri is one of seven communities in the nation testing experimental technology that could expand rural access to high-speed internet and the opportunities that can bring. Missouri University of Science and Technology is leading a team that has been awarded a one-year, $300,000 grant through the technology nonprofit US Ignite’s Project…
The Emergency Broadband Benefit Program will provide eligible households with discounts of up to $50 a month for broadband service, and up to $75 a month if the household is on Tribal lands. It also will provide a one-time discount of up to $100 on a computer or tablet for eligible households. Under the law,…
During a National Telecommunications and Information Administration webinar, speakers discussed how broadband organizations can influence economic development projects, job numbers, local revenues and more. Read more.
Give everybody the internet. We need to get the internet to everyone in America. Here’s what it would take to do it.
The lack of broadband in rural America has increasingly impacted our nation’s food supply and the communities that farmers call home. Currently, 29% of U.S. farms do not have access to the internet. This means that nearly one-third of U.S. farms are unable to take advantage of precision farming technology that relies on broadband to…
Even if broadband is available and affordable, individuals and families can’t connect without equipment and digital literacy. ● Twenty-one percent of non-broadband users cite the cost of a computer as one of the reasons they do not have broadband at home. ● Many American workers lack digital skills they need to successfully navigate digital devices….
Broadband connectivity is critical to America’s health. Telehealth, providing healthcare services and information at a distance, is rapidly growing in popularity and the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the value of telehealth to the forefront of national healthcare discussions. The number of hospitals utilizing telehealth more than doubled over the last decade , with savings for…
Communities hoping to improve their broadband service have several different modelsto choose from. Here’s how to go about making the choice.