Rural Communities Archives
09.19.08
Posted By: Speedmatters Web Team
At Tuesday's hearing on Why Broadband Matters before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, one theme that arose again and again was the power of high speed Internet to help less-advantaged people across the U.S. Of course, the problem is that people who could benefit the most from this technology -- such as low-income, rural, and elderly Americans -- are also the least likely to have access. Read More »
09.04.08
Posted By: Speedmatters Web Team
Bland County, Virginia's goal of having high-speed wireless Internet access availability throughout the entire area is coming closer to reality. Thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service, phase III of the county's drive to spread wireless broadband Internet access across the land. Read More »
08.04.08
Posted By: Speedmatters Web Team
Massachusetts is the land of clam chowder, obsessive sports fans, and baked beans. Soon, thanks to a bill introduced by Gov. Deval Patrick and passed by the state legislature, affordable high-speed Internet for all Bay Staters can be added to that list. Read More »
07.17.08
Posted By: Speedmatters Web Team
While the percentage of Americans who have high speed Internet access at home has increased over the past year, one in ten Americans still cannot gain access to high speed networks, according to a recent survey conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Read More »
07.11.08
Posted By: Speedmatters Web Team
The Pennsylvania House unanimously passed a bill aimed at improving last mile access to high-speed Internet for the state's rural and inner city residents. Read More »
06.20.08
Posted By: Speedmatters Web Team
A researcher at the Mississippi State University Southern Rural Development Center has released a study showing one in four Mississippians do not have access to any high speed Internet connections in their communities. Read More »
06.16.08
Posted By: Speedmatters Web Team
High-speed connections help family farmers, but there's a digital divide in the country: only one third of rural America has access to high speed Internet. The Broadband Data Improvement Act, Senate bill 1492, would help expand and improve high speed Internet's ability to serve small farmers across the U.S. Speed Matters recently released a video that addresses the advantages to farmers who have access to high speed Internet. Read More »
06.09.08
Posted By: Speedmatters Web Team
In an insightful Charlotte Observer column, Mary Schulken makes the case for state government investment in North Carolina's last-mile high speed Internet connections. Read More »
06.02.08
Posted By: Speedmatters Web Team
"Broadband Internet Use in Rural Pennsylvania," a report from the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, examines high speed Internet availability and adoption with regard to health care, local government, education and business. Results indicate that what is needed in rural Pennsylvania as well as other rural areas across the country, are proactive policies to facilitate expanding high speed Internet access and adoption. The study used case studies, interviews and Web site analysis. Read More »
06.02.08
Posted By: Speedmatters Web Team
A new study found that the use of telemedicine could save our nation's health care system more than $4 billion annually by reducing unnecessary transfers of patients between medical facilities. Read More »
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