Broadband Internet's Value for Rural America

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英文名称：

Broadband Internet's Value for Rural America

作者：

Peter Stenberg; Mitch Morehart; Stephen Vogel; John Cromartie; Vince Breneman; Dennis Brown

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=46215

关键词：

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); 

年份：

2009

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

70 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

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.