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