Full Coverage

Study: Rural broadband access is needed

upi.com: BOEING 787 MEDIA DAY IN EVERETT upi.com
upi.com
May 21, 2008
        
Story Timeline:  197 days

STATE COLLEGE, Pa., May 21 (UPI) -- Pennsylvania State University researchers say proactive policies are needed to provide broadband access for rural areas across the United States. Such broadband Internet access can significantly assist rural areas drive social and economic development and... [read full story]                    

Add Comment
Latest article on this story:

UK rural broadband penetration overtakes urban

 onekit.com May 24, 2008
First article on this story:

Study: Rural broadband access is needed

 politicalgateway.com May 21, 2008
Selected publications with coverage of this story:
cnet.com vnunet.com news24.com cbronline.com islandpulse.co.uk pocket-lint.co.uk channel4.com cnet.co.uk scotsman.com paidcontent.co.uk onekit.com gcn.com
RELATED
Found 18 documents:

UK rural broadband penetration overtakes urban

onekit.com
May 24, 2008
        

Fat-pipe penetration in rural areas has outstripped that of urban areas for the first time, according to an Ofcom report. Across the UK as a whole, the statistics show there is a greater proportion of households with high-speed internet access in the countryside than in built-up areas: 59 percent...

Rural UK beats urban counterpart in broadband connectivity

cbronline.com
May 23, 2008
        

People in the rural areas of the UK have surpassed their urban counterparts in the use of broadband, with 59% of households in rural areas now having connections compared to 57% in urban areas, Ofcom's third Communications Market Report: Nations and Regions has revealed.

                   

Is Broadband Narrowing the Gap Between Town and Country?

redorbit.com
May 23, 2008
        

By ANDY MCSMITH The big question Why are we asking this now? If Laurie Lee were alive today and writing about life in rural Gloucestershire, he might want to call his novel Cyber with Rosie, to judge from the Communications Market Report of the media regulator Ofcom.

Rural Britain boasts best broadband

theinquirer.net
May 23, 2008
        

Silvie Barak the Inquirer, Friday 23 May 2008. 14:40:00 Town and out FOR THOSE LIVING IN Britain's countryside, the word " bumpkin" no longer applies. Try "broadband" instead. Or so says communications outfit, Ofcom, which just released a report claiming that rural fat-pipe penetration is higher...

Digital Britain Report Results

digitaltrends.com
May 23, 2008
        

A new report from government communications agency Ofcom has throw up some interesting details about digital life in Britain, not least the fact that there are now more rural households with broadband connections than urban households (59% v. 57%) – the first time that’s happened. Ofcom chief...

                   

Don't paper over cracks in the digital nation

silicon.com
May 23, 2008
        

Broadband equality not there yet... Looking at the headline in The Guardian this week and you'd be forgiven for thinking something momentous has happened to Broadband Britain today: 'Fears of digital divide groundless as online access soars in rural areas', it proclaims. The same upbeat tone runs...

States strive to expand broadband access

gcn.com
May 22, 2008
        

States move to expand broadband access Despite the potential economic and social benefits of broadband network access, there remains a digital divide between urban and rural communities in the availability of high-speed networks, and state governments are taking a variety of approaches to address...

                   

Demand for broadband higher in rural areas

thinkbroadband.com
May 22, 2008
        

Thursday 22 May 2008 11:56:31 by Andrew Ferguson The demand for broadband in rural areas will be of little surprise to people living in these regions, or those who get contacted asking for information on how they can get broadband. Ofcom has published its analysis of the communications markets...

States move to expand broadband access

gcn.com
May 22, 2008
        

Despite the potential economic and social benefits of broadband network access, there remains a digital divide between urban and rural communities in the availability of high-speed networks, and state governments are taking a variety of approaches to address the problem, according to a report by...

Rural broadband subscribers outstrip urban neighbours says Ofcom

computerweekly.com
May 22, 2008
        

Rural areas of the UK are better connected to broadband than their urban neighbours, a new Ofcom report says. The report shows that, for the first time, there is a greater proportion of households with broadband in the rural parts of the UK than there are in urban areas. Across the UK as a whole,...

1 2 next

               

Related categories