Communities hoping to improve their broadband service have several different models
to choose from. Here’s how to go about making the choice.
Broadband Models for Unserved and Underserved Communities
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How Will Future Policy Affect Citizens’ Access to Telehealth?
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Policies in response to COVID-19 have brought about awe-inspiring growth in telehealth
services. However, there are multiple remaining telehealth issues that all levels of government
need to be aware of.
Broadband Internet Access Is a Social Determinant of Health!
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Now, more than ever, broadband Internet access (BIA) must be recognized as a social determinant of health. Disparities in access should be treated as a public health issue because they affect “the health of people and communities where they live, learn, work and play.”
E-Connectivity In Rural America
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Public Research Universities Advancing Digital Inclusion: A concept paper by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.
Resisting Technology, Appalachian Style
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It’s true that many rural areas aren’t served with the fastest broadband and the most robust cellular coverage in the U.S. But in the wake of the Cambridge Analytic a scandal in which the data from an estimated 50 million Facebook users were used to craft and inform online political advertising, it’s worth considering whether people in Appalachia are deprived of the benefits of technology – or if they’re protecting themselves from harmful effects of its misuse.
Next Generation 9-1-1
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Next Generation 9-1-1 (abbreviated NG9-1-1) refers to an initiative aimed at updating the 9-1-1 service infrastructure in the United States and Canada to improve public emergency communications services in a growingly wireless mobile society.
We Are Leaving Older Adults Out of the Digital World
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Nationally, one-third of adults ages 65 and older say they’ve never used the internet, and half don’t have internet access at home. Of those who do use the internet, nearly half say they need someone else’s help to set up or use a new digital device.
Broadband: A solution for rural e-Learning?
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Rural and remote learners are disadvantaged even with online provision due to poor connections. Broadband offers a potential solution. This paper looks at the initial results of a project to install broadband services in the Western Isles of Scotland. It focuses on the educational potential of broadband and the design implications for online courses. It also considers more informal kinds of learning that broadband facilitates in rural areas.
The Future of Rural America Includes Healthcare Access
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Remote Rural Home Based Businesses and Digital Inequalities: Understanding Needs and Expectations in a Digitally Underserved Community
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The digital economy offers home based micro-businesses in rural areas many advantages but stubborn social,economic and territorial digital divides continue to create challenges for this sector of the rural economy.Complex digital inequalities are illustrated in our case studies of the digital behavior and Internet experiences of those running micro, home based businesses in a remote, digitally underserved rural community before,during and after the deployment of broadband technology. Findings draw attention to the role and importance of fit-for-purpose broadband in promoting digital inclusion for individuals, households and small, home based businesses: in a fast changing digital national and global economy remote rural home based micro-businesses are at risk of being left behind.