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00:30Peter Pratt on Rural Mobile & Broadband Alliance (RuMBA)
RuMBA's Executive Director, Peter Pratt, chats with Luisa Handem Piette, the former Managing Director and host of Rural America Radio, on the broadband advocacy group's new focus, 3 years after the historic Recovery Act and subsequent federal funding by the Obama Administration.
Tags: Broadband RuMBA Obama Administration Recovery Act Peter Pratt
by luisahandem in Internet
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Broadband for Rural Prosperity
Countdown to the 2010 Broadband Summit
Tags: rural broadband economic developement business industry
by BroadbandSummit2010 in Business
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Rural Broadband Matters, Edyael Casaperalta Explains Why
The Rural Broadband Policy Group (RBPG) is a growing national coalition of rural broadband advocates working to enhance rural communities' opportunities to participate fully in the nation’s democracy, economy, culture, and society. Our guest is Edyael Casaperalta, of the Center for Rural Strategies. She explains the importance of ensuring that all members of our society have access to broadband, and why denying rural areas the fundamental human right to communicate and receive i
Tags: High-Speed Internet Broadband Digital Divide Rural Broadband Policy Group The National Rural Assembly
by Luisa Handem in Internet
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TEAM RURAL RADIO - Getting started is the hardest part.
Team Rural was formed by, with, and for, the 2008 Obama Team Leaders and Volunteers at the One Year Anniversary of Barack Obama's Presidential election. We did not want to see ourselves drifting apart as other Organizations passed over our emails and calls. We felt isolated yet we hosted the largest Listeneing Tour in Georgia for Organizing for America AFTER the President's election in 2008. NOT in Atlanta, but in a rural county of less then 20,000 people; 85% of whom voted Republican
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01:00Featured
Broadband Improving Economic Development in the Heartland
Though it requires dedicated effort to track and report on the economic impact of community broadband networks, there are plenty of ways in which these networks directly and indirectly produce economic benefits for constituents. Cedar Falls Utilities (CFU) in Iowa has been providing broadband services since 1996, and shares with listeners some great insights to using the technology as an economic engine. CFU’s Internet services impacts their local economy in several ways, in
Tags: broadband strategy rural broadband iowa economic development public utility
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Survey Says!? Broadband Impacts Economic Development.
In March this year, in partnership with Broadband Communities Magazine, host Craig Settles conducted a survey of local government administrators and staff, service providers, consultants and others involved with broadband projects. What they have to say could directly influence your community’s efforts.
Magazine Editor Masha Zager joins us to analyze what survey results mean to your community. 60% of respondents say fiber networks attract business, 54% say it increases home-based businesses. Nearly half feel 20 – 120 Mbps is minimum needed to impact certain economic outcomes. Only 7% see “searching for a job” as the greatest benefit broadband offers individuals.
The survey explored broadband’s impact on six local economic outcomes in particular: attracting new businesses to town reviving depressed communitiesm making local companies more successful improving individuals’ income-earning potential increasing home-based businesses improving depressed business districts The survey also looks at the potential for broadband-enabled telemedicine to impact economic development, and probed how respondents view certain national broadband policies. We solicited feedback on possible broadband funding models. If economic development is important to you, listen to this show.
Tags: community broadband economic development strategy gigabit digital inclusion
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Urban VS Rural Caching
What is your preference on where you cache? Urban or rural. Do you like to get out in the nature scene or do you prefer the city caching? What is the good or bad of either one. Call in and let us know which would be more exciting and why. See you Saturday March 6th, 2013 at 3:00 pm. EST for this discussion.
Tags: caching weather daytime caching cold weather caching Ideas and views urban VS rural caching
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How Far Have We Come: Taking Stock of the Broadband Stimulus
The Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB) Annual Conference has become a yearly confab that draws many of the key players in broadband stimulus-funded projects. Our listeners hear from four of those who give us highlights of how far we've come since these projects launched:
2:00 Maria Alvarez Stroud - Director, Center for Community Technology Services, University of Wisconsin - Extension 2:15 Kevin Hughes - VP Sales & Marketing, Virgin Islands Next Generation Network 2:30 Tara Thue - Manager, Utah Broadband Project 2:45 Jane Patterson - President, Rural Telecom Congress America We get some of the inside details on several high-profile broadband deployment and adoption initiatives made possible by NTIA and RUS grant awards. Our guests discuss what they have found to be effective making better broadband and adoption a reality. They also talk about what's next for their projects.
Tags: SHLB NTIA RUS broadband strategy adoption
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01:00Featured
Great Broadband Things Come in Small Packages. Ask Delaware.
Delaware, the second smallest state in the union, is rated #1 in the U.S. in Internet connection speed by the Akamai’s State of the Internet Report. The state is ranked third by the TechNet State Broadband Index based on broadband adoption, network quality and economic support. And the hits keep coming. James Sills, Secretary of Delaware’s Department of Technology and Information, gives listeners a peek at the secret of Delaware’s broadband success, and also some of the state
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01:01Featured
Bipartisanship and Broadband in State Legislatures
"If you've got good people of good will on both sides who really want to get something done, you can have really good debates and then you compromise." This philosophy of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, if nothing else, should be the governing rule everywhere for state legislative action on broadband issues. Iowa Democratic State Representative Mary Gaskill and Republican State Senator Mark Chelgren join us to discuss initiatives both legislators are pursuing to help br
Tags: broadband strategy state legislature community rural broadband
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01:00Featured
Economic Development Fundraising for Community Broadband
Economic fundraising is a proven practice that could net a community several million dollars for its broadband buildout if executed properly. Tom DiFiore, who has helped communities nationwide raise over $1.7 billion for economic development projects, shares tips on how to recruit enthusiastic investors from within your city and neighboring areas. The concept is simple, but be prepared for a lot of hard work. DiFiore explains how to recruit people who’ll invest an amount greater than the
Tags: broadband strategy economic development investment sustainability
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01:00Featured
Tracking the Elusive Broadband Non-Adopters
Practically everyone involved with broadband projects is aware of those constituents who, for various reasons, don’t or won’t use broadband technology. Though it may be tempting to write them off, the public good is best served by closing the digital divide. But can we get there from here? Research holds the answer. MoBroadbandNow is Missouri’s statewide initiative to expand and enhance broadband accessibility and adoption. The organization has conducted extensive research to
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