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100 1 $aAli, Christopher.
245 10$aFarm fresh broadband :$bthe politics of rural connectivity /$cChristopher Ali.
246 30$aPolitics of rural connectivity
260 $aCambridge, MA :$bThe MIT Press,$cc2021.
300 $axxii, 281 p. :$bill., maps ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aInformation policy series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-264) and index.
520 $a"This study of the political economy of rural broadband combines critical policy analysis with stories of rural Americans and offers solutions for solving the rural-urban digital divide"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"As much of daily life migrates online, broadband--high-speed internet connectivity--has become a necessity. The widespread lack of broadband in rural America has created a stark urban-rural digital divide. In Farm Fresh Broadband, Christopher Ali analyzes the promise and the failure of national rural broadband policy in the United States and proposes a new national broadband plan. He examines how broadband policies are enacted and implemented, explores business models for broadband providers, surveys the technologies of rural broadband, and offers case studies of broadband use in the rural Midwest. Ali argues that rural broadband policy is both broken and incomplete: broken because it lacks coordinated federal leadership and incomplete because it fails to recognize the important roles of communities, cooperatives, and local providers in broadband access. For example, existing policies favor large telecommunication companies, crowding out smaller, nimbler providers. Lack of competition drives prices up--rural broadband can cost 37 percent more than urban broadband. The federal government subsidizes rural broadband by approximately $6 billion. Where does the money go? Ali proposes democratizing policy architecture for rural broadband, modeling it after the wiring of rural America for electricity and telephony. Subsidies should be equalized, not just going to big companies. The result would be a multistakeholder system, guided by thoughtful public policy and funded by public and private support." --$cProvided by publisher.
650 0$aDigital divide.
650 0$aRural telecommunication$xGovernment policy.
650 0$aBroadband communication systems$xGovernment policy.
650 0$aRural telecommunication$xEconomic aspects.
650 0$aBroadband communication systems$xEconomic aspects.
653 $a知識性
653 $a地方創生
830 0$aInformation policy series.