Documents

 

Between hidden costs and Effective Use - Sustainability.pdf

 

RuralBroadbandFinal -RUPRI Polciy Brief-.pdf

 

MainStreetEconomist -Power of Technological Innovation in Rural America_0707.pdf

 

Rural Realities - Getting Connected: Broadband Services a Key to a Vibrant Rural America pdf

 

BroadBand What's all the fuss about?.pdf - Pew Internet and American Life

 

 

 

 

 

Links:

 

Broadband access:

 

Pew Internet and American Life Project Home Broadband 2008

 

Broadband connection highs and lows across rural america

 

Digital Divide

 

Jakob Nielsen - Digital Divide the Three Stages

 

Federal funding/efforts

 

USDA Rural Broadband at a Glance

 

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

 

National e-Commerce Extension Initiative

     e-Commerce Case Studies

 

State funding/efforts

 

NYS broadband initiatives

 

New York State Office of Information Technology

 

Rural Assistance Program Technology guide

 

Microsoft community technology skills grant program

 

Open standards/open networks

 

The Digital Commons – Left Unregulated, Are We Destined for Tragedy?

 

Open Standards, Open Source, and Open Innovation

 

Examples/Case Studies

 

Ontario County e-government

     Finger Lakes Telecommunication Development Corporation

     Ontario County Online Resources

 

National e-commerce extension initiative

     Connecting rural communities

 

e-North Carolina

 

Washington State University Digital Inclusion

     CommuntiesConnectNetwork

 

Minnesota Community Technology Empowerment  Project

 

Zerodivide California

 

eparticipation blog

 

Engaged Youth - civic learning online

 

onthecommons

 

What is a public good? - LeMonde English

 

 

General Useful Tech links

 

Techsoup

 

BethKanters Blog