Detail Sweet Land of Subsidy; Broadband in Rural America   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 401 no. 8762 (Dec. 2011), page 45. Topik: Internet Access; Internet Service Providers; Public Policy Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.69 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) estimates that roughly 18m Americans in rural or remote areas lack access to reliable broadband networks. Distance, sparse populations, often rugged terrain and economies of scale make wiring costly for broadband providers. These factors presented similar difficulties to providers of electricity and telephone services in the previous century. Then, the federal government established the Rural Electrification Administration and later the Rural Utilities Service to expand these services into America's hinterland. Now it is doing the same for broadband. On November 18th the FCC released details of an order directing $4.5 billion a year from universal-service and intercarrier-compensation systems--both legacies of landline telephony--into a new Connect America Fund (CAF), which it claims will give 7m rural Americans access to reliable high-speed internet connections over the next six years, generating 500,000 jobs and $50 billion in growth. But previous experiments with rural-broadband subsidies suggest that these numbers should be viewed sceptically. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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