Technological breakthroughs lower the cost of broadband service to isolated customers

Glass, Victor; Talluto, Salvatore; Babb, Chris

doi:10.1016/s0740-624x(03)00032-7

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“…In keeping with the earlier pattern, there have been empirical studies showing an urban‐rural gap in the patterns of broadband deployment (Gillet & Lehr, 1999; Grubesic & Murray, 2002; National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 2000; Strover, Oden, & Inagaki, 2001). These studies have been accompanied by others that examine different factors such as demand (Hollifield & Donnermeyer, 2003), costs (Glass, Chang, & Petukhova, 2003), competition (Grubesic & Murray, 2004), technological development (Glass, Talluto, & Babb, 2003), and the effectiveness of current policies that have an impact on broadband deployment (Gabel & Kwan, 2000; Grubesic, 2003; Strover, 2003). Other studies have proposed strategies for broadband deployment that include varied solutions for different locales (Parker, 2000), community networks (Matear, 2002; Rowe, 2003; Skerratt & Warren, 2003), and demand aggregation (Hollifield & Donnermeyer, 2003; Leatherman, 2000; Parker, 2000).…”

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Sawhney

Jayakar

2007

Annual Review Info Sci & Tec

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Sawhney

Jayakar

2007

Annual Review Info Sci & Tec

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“…Rather than constructing additional COs, providers are installing RDLSAMs. RDSLAMs, also known as`concentrators', bring xDSL into the suburban and rural periphery of most telecommunication company service areas, and make broadband over existing copper infrastructure (that is, telephone lines) a reality (Glass et al, 2003). From an economic standpoint, these changes provide a significant boost to ILECs and CLECs in many locationsöopening submarkets, once unreachable, to xDSL services.…”

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Deconstructing the Divide: Extending Broadband xDSL Services to the Periphery

Grubesic

Horner

2006

Environ Plann B Plann Des

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In the telecommunications industry, timing is everything. Nearly ten years ago the Telecommunications Act of 1966 (TA96) deregulated telephone services in the United States in order to spur competition at the local level. This attempt to establish facilitiesbased competition between incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) (for example, Baby Bells') and competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) has not been particularly successful. In part it was believed that deregulation would not only lower the cost of local telephone service, but would also dramatically enhance the quality of service offered by telecommunication providers (Loube, 2004). However, recent research suggests that the residential telephone rates in many markets have actually increased (Loube, 2004;Wimmer and Rosston, 2005) and that measures of service quality remain mixed (Clements, 2004). Fortunately, many analysts and policymakers were able to see beyond telephony. TA96 also provided directives for the deployment of advanced telecommunications capability (that is, broadband) able to handle voice, data, graphics, and video. (1) Specifically, section 706 encouraged each of the fifty US states to deploy these advanced capabilities in a reasonable and timely manner. In hindsight, the timing of the TA96 could not have been better. Today, the vast majority of the US population has access to telephony, data, and video services over a diverse array of physical infrastructures, including local telephone systems, municipal electric utilities, and cable and wireless networks (

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“…He suggested applying the doctrine of universal service to the "information highway," providing funding for Internet access in the same manner that rural mail, telephone, and electrical services have been subsidized. More recently, Glass, Talluto, and Babb (2003) have argued that providing access through technologies such as DSL extenders and wireless connections would cost less than upgrading the multimillion miles of rural telephone lines that are not yet broadband-capable.…”

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Connecting to the larger world: Distance education in rural community colleges

Cejda

2007

New Drctns Community Coll

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With their reputation for responsiveness, adaptability, and flexibility, one could easily assume that community colleges would lead the way in implementing and refining distance education offerings. Data from the U.S. Department of Education support this assumption. In the 2000-01 academic year, 90 percent (960 of 1,070) of public two-year colleges offered 55,900 courses through various types of distance education (U.S. Department of Education, 2002). This percentage is only slightly higher than at public fouryear institutions, where during the same year 89 percent (550 of 620) offered courses through distance education. Total enrollments in distance education courses at community colleges, however, represent 61 percent of total distance education offerings by both public two-and four-year institutions.In the mid-1990s, distance education was viewed as the future for rural community colleges (MacBrayne, 1995). Sink and Jackson (2000), however, were among the first to point to a "digital divide" between urban and rural community colleges. The authors found that urban community colleges were often better wired than their rural counterparts, preventing the rural institutions from providing their students with the same level of access to technological resources. Based on data from government reports, Katsinas and Moeck (2002) concluded that the urban and rural divide was actually widening. This chapter reviews literature on the status of distance education in rural community colleges, examining in particular whether there has been a narrowing of the digital divide.

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Technological breakthroughs lower the cost of broadband service to isolated customers

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