Farm fresh broadband : the politics of rural connectivity

Farm fresh broadband : the politics of rural connectivity / Christopher Ali.

"This study of the political economy of rural broadband combines critical policy analysis with stories of rural Americans and offers solutions for solving the rural-urban digital divide"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ali, Christopher (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]
Series:Information policy series.
Subjects:
Rural telecommunication > Government policy.
Broadband communication systems > Government policy.
Rural telecommunication > Economic aspects.
Broadband communication systems > Economic aspects.
Digital divide.
Broadband communication systems > Economic aspects
Broadband communication systems > Government policy
Digital divide
Rural telecommunication > Government policy
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Promise, politics, and policy: broadband in rural America
  • The struggle for a wired America: a brief history of connecting the countryside
  • When good is the enemy of great: the four failures of rural broadband policy
  • The rural utilities service: the reluctant regulator
  • "It's pretty cool": cooperatives, municipalities, and rural connectivity
  • The Jolly Green Giant goes digital: broadband to the farm and precision agriculture
  • Conclusion: "everything is better with better broadband": toward a national rural broadband plan,

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