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Author :Antonio García Zaballos Publisher :Inter-American Development Bank ISBN 13 :1597821969 Total Pages :155 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (978 download)
Book Synopsis Universal Access to Broadband and Service Programs by : Antonio García Zaballos
Download or read book Universal Access to Broadband and Service Programs written by Antonio García Zaballos and published by Inter-American Development Bank. This book was released on 2014-12-12 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broadband is key to inclusive growth. It contributes substantially to social and economic development in the areas of job creation, business investment, and online services, among others. Several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have already initiated reforms of their telecommunications framework to advance broadband towards universal usage. On one hand, the universal access service (UAS) policies that are relatively solid in middle-income or emerging countries will attract significant financial resources to manage the high costs that relate to new infrastructure in rural areas. Depending on the country's topography, however, the possibilities for development may be limited and costly. On the other, UAS policies that are considered advanced or have been long established (and rely considerably on the private sector) will need to address the disbanding of old frameworks. The objective of this publication is to assist national authorities in the region as they bridge the gaps between their countries and those that have developed effective UAS policies.
Book Synopsis Universal Access to Broadband and Service Programs by : Antonio García Zaballos
Download or read book Universal Access to Broadband and Service Programs written by Antonio García Zaballos and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide by : Lennard G. Kruger
Download or read book Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide written by Lennard G. Kruger and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: Introduction; Status of Broadband Deployment in the U.S.; Broadband in Rural Areas; Is Broadband Deployment Data Adequate?; Broadband and the Federal Role: The National Broadband Plan; Current Federal Broadband Programs: Rural Utilities Service Programs; The Universal Service Concept and the FCC: Universal Service and the Telecommunications Act of 1996; Universal Service and Broadband; Legislation in the 110th Congress; Legislation in the 111th Congress: P.L. 111-5: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; Other Broadband Legislation in the 111th Congress; Legislation in the 112th Congress; Concluding Observations. Tables. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find report.
Book Synopsis Broadband Internet by : Ellen S. Cohen
Download or read book Broadband Internet written by Ellen S. Cohen and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The internet has become so widespread that such issues as access, regulation and related policies have become major factors in the economy and social fabric of societies in every part of the world. Peoples without running water are demanding access to the internet and those without it are becoming deprived citizens. This new book examines current issues of interest to the blossoming area.
Author :Congressional Research Congressional Research Service Publisher :CreateSpace ISBN 13 :9781503089730 Total Pages :28 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (897 download)
Book Synopsis Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide by : Congressional Research Congressional Research Service
Download or read book Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide written by Congressional Research Congressional Research Service and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "digital divide" is a term that has been used to characterize a gap between "information haves and have-nots," or in other words, between those Americans who use or have access to telecommunications and information technologies and those who do not. One important subset of the digital divide debate concerns high-speed Internet access and advanced telecommunications services, also known as broadband. Broadband is provided by a series of technologies (e.g., cable, telephone wire, fiber, satellite, wireless) that give users the ability to send and receive data at volumes and speeds far greater than traditional "dial-up" Internet access over telephone lines. Broadband technologies are currently being deployed primarily by the private sector throughout the United States. While the numbers of new broadband subscribers continue to grow, studies and data suggest that the rate of broadband deployment in urban/suburban and high income areas is outpacing deployment in rural and low-income areas. Some policymakers, believing that disparities in broadband access across American society could have adverse economic and social consequences on those left behind, assert that the federal government should play a more active role to avoid a "digital divide" in broadband access. With the conclusion of the grant and loan awards established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5), there remain two ongoing federal vehicles which direct federal money to fund broadband infrastructure: the broadband and telecommunications programs at the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Universal Service Fund (USF) programs under the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Although the USF's High Cost Program does not explicitly fund broadband infrastructure, subsidies are used, in many cases, to upgrade existing telephone networks so that they are capable of delivering high-speed services. Additionally, subsidies provided by USF's Schools and Libraries Program and Rural Health Care Program are used for a variety of telecommunications services, including broadband access. Currently the USF is undergoing a major transition to the Connect America Fund, which is targeted to the deployment, adoption, and utilization of both fixed and mobile broadband. To the extent that Congress may consider various options for further encouraging broadband deployment and adoption, a key issue is how to strike a balance between providing federal assistance for unserved and underserved areas where the private sector may not be providing acceptable levels of broadband service, while at the same time minimizing any deleterious effects that government intervention in the marketplace may have on competition and private sector investment.
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Book Synopsis Universal Access and Its Asymmetries by : Harmeet Sawhney
Download or read book Universal Access and Its Asymmetries written by Harmeet Sawhney and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A framework for understanding the totality of costs and benefits of universal access that will foster honest appraisal and guide the development of good policies. Universal access—the idea that certain technologies and services should be extended to all regardless of geography or ability to pay—evokes ideals of democracy and equality that must be reconciled with the realities on the ground. The COVID-19 pandemic raised awareness of the need for access to high-speed internet service in the United States, but this is just the latest in a long history of debates about what should be made available and to whom. Rural mail delivery, electrification, telephone service, public schooling, and library access each raised the same questions as today’s debates about health care and broadband. What types of services should be universally available? Who benefits from extending these services? And who bears the cost? Stepping beyond humanitarian arguments to conduct a clear-eyed, diagnostic analysis, this book offers some surprising conclusions. While the conventional approach to universal access looks primarily at the costs to the system and the benefits to individuals, Harmeet Sawhney and Hamid Ekbia provide a holistic perspective that also accounts for costs to individuals and benefits for systems. With a comparative approach across multiple cases, Universal Access and Its Asymmetries is an essential exploration of the history, costs, and benefits of providing universal access to technologies and services. With a fresh perspective, it overturns common assumptions and offers a foundation for making decisions about how to extend service—and how to pay for it.
Book Synopsis FCC Record by : United States. Federal Communications Commission
Download or read book FCC Record written by United States. Federal Communications Commission and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :100 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (319 download)
Book Synopsis The State of Broadband in Arkansas by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Download or read book The State of Broadband in Arkansas written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Information for a Better World: Shaping the Global Future by : Malte Smits
Download or read book Information for a Better World: Shaping the Global Future written by Malte Smits and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set LNCS 13192 – 13193 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Information for a Better World: Shaping the Global Future, held in February 2022. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 32 full papers and the 29 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 167 submissions. They cover topics such as: Library and Information Science; Information Governance and Ethics; Data Science; Human-Computer Interaction and Technology ̧ Information Behaviour and Retrieval ̧ Communities and Media ̧ Health Informatics.
Book Synopsis Telecommunications by : Lorelei St. James
Download or read book Telecommunications written by Lorelei St. James and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The FCC¿s Low-Income Program, administered by the Universal Service Administrative Co. and supported by the Universal Service Fund, provides low-income households with discounts on installation costs for new telephone service and monthly charges for basic telephone service. This report examined: (1) how program participation and support payments have changed over the last 5 years (2005-2009), and factors that may have affected participation; (2) the extent to which goals and measures are used to manage the program; and (3) the extent to which mechanisms are in place to evaluate program risks and monitor controls over compliance with program rules. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables. A print on demand report.
Book Synopsis Networking Health by : National Research Council
Download or read book Networking Health written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-07-12 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consumer health websites have garnered considerable media attention, but only begin to scratch the surface of the more pervasive transformations the Internet could bring to health and health care. Networking Health examines ways in which the Internet may become a routine part of health care delivery and payment, public health, health education, and biomedical research. Building upon a series of site visits, this book: Weighs the role of the Internet versus private networks in uses ranging from the transfer of medical images to providing video-based medical consultations at a distance. Reviews technical challenges in the areas of quality of service, security, reliability, and access, and looks at the potential utility of the next generation of online technologies. Discusses ways health care organizations can use the Internet to support their strategic interests and explores barriers to a broader deployment of the Internet. Recommends steps that private and public sector entities can take to enhance the capabilities of the Internet for health purposes and to prepare health care organizations to adopt new Internet-based applications.
Book Synopsis Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Revenue by :
Download or read book Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Revenue written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :88 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Hearing to Review Rural Broadband Programs by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture
Download or read book Hearing to Review Rural Broadband Programs written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Rural and Small Public Libraries by : Brian Real
Download or read book Rural and Small Public Libraries written by Brian Real and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume begins by defining the challenges that rural and small libraries face before shifting to an analysis of ways that these obstacles can be overcome or mitigated. The authors explore ideas for enhancing community partnerships and outreach by using rural and small public libraries as centers for local cultural heritage activities.
Book Synopsis Universal Broadband by : Jeff Gulati
Download or read book Universal Broadband written by Jeff Gulati and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been much attention recently on the need to make broadband Internet available to every household in America. Broadband is now seen as critical for economic growth, job creation, global competitiveness, and enhanced quality of life. Broadband technology is changing how we educate our youth, deliver health care services, manage our energy needs, ensure public safety, engage government, and how we access, organize and disseminate knowledge. Yet the United States is behind many advanced countries in the adoption and quality of broadband. Today, only about two-thirds of Americans have broadband service in their homes. Even fewer Americans living in rural areas have adopted broadband simply because it is unavailable where they live. This problem is particularly severe in western Massachusetts. Currently there are 32 towns in the Commonwealth that are completely unserved and another 91 towns where broadband is available to less than 10% of the households. To facilitate deployment of new broadband infrastructure and expansion of existing services in unserved and underserved communities, Governor Deval Patrick signed legislation creating the Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) and providing funding for the construction of fiber, wireless towers and other critical and durable broadband infrastructure. In 2010, the MBI began building a $71 million, 1,100 mile open-access fiber-optic network - the middle mile - to begin bridging the digital divide in western Massachusetts communities. What is still needed, however, is the development of a sustainable business model for a telecommunications carrier to build the “last mile” and also provide affordable service to its customers. To help further bridge the digital divide in Massachusetts, a team of researchers from Bentley University's Service-Learning Center and University Honors Program offered to assist MBI in learning more about cost effective ways to deploy broadband in unserved and underserved areas and increase adoption rates in areas of low population density to make such areas more attractive to service providers. Although our report covers broadband policy and practices at a broad level, we focus on increasing access to broadband and adoption rates in rural areas and how it might apply to western Massachusetts. Research Questions 1. What are advantages and disadvantages of alternative broadband technologies in overcoming the technological challenges for encouraging broadband deployment to unserved and underserved areas of western Massachusetts? 2. What are some the most effective programs and practices to increase broadband adoption in western Massachusetts? 3. What policy changes and initiatives at the state and federal level would be most helpful in supporting broadband access and broadband adoption goals? Bringing the last-mile to western Massachusetts is no simple task. In the full report, we show in more detail the challenges faced by MBI with regard to the issue of access and what technology will best suit the Commonwealth's needs, the factors that hinder adoption and how to overcome them, and what policies would best support MBI's objectives. A copy of the full report with findings and recommendations and other supplementary materials will be available for download from Bentley University's Web site. In the meantime, a copy of the report can be obtained by contacting the study's faculty advisor, Professor Jeff Gulati at [email protected] or 781-891-3177.
Book Synopsis Broadband Services as a Component of Basic Telephone Service by :
Download or read book Broadband Services as a Component of Basic Telephone Service written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
