TY - JOUR
T1 - Encouraging broadband deployment from the bottom up
AU - Feser, Edward
N1 - Cited By (since 1996): 1 Export Date: 12 January 2012 Source: Scopus Language of Original Document: English Correspondence Address: Feser, E.; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States References: Bell, P., Reddy, P., Rainie, L., (2004) Rural Areas and the Internet, , Washington, DC: Pew Internet and American Life Project; Bleha, T., Down to the wire (2005) Foreign Affairs, 84, pp. 111-124; Center, Brennan. 2006. The Need to Permit Broadband from Public Entities. New York, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU School of Law: 63Crandall, R., Jackson, C., (2001) The $500 Billion Opportunity: The Potential Economic Benefit of Widespread Diffusion of Broadband Internet Access, , Washington, DC: Criterion Economics; (2003) Economic Impact Study of the South Dundas Township Fibre Network, , DTI, London, UK, Department of Trade and Industry; E-NC, (2003) 2003 Annual Report, , Raleigh, NC: E-NC Authority; E-NC, (2005) E-NC Background Brief, , Raleigh, NC: E-NC Authority; Ferguson, C., (2002) The United States Broadband Problem: Analysic, and Recommendations, , Washington, DC: Brookings Institution; Gillett, Sharon, E., William, H., Lehr'and Carlos A Osorio (2006) Measuring the Economic Impact of Broadband Deployment, , Washington, DC: U.S. Economic Development Administration; Gillett, Sharon Eisner and William Lehr. 1999. Availability of Broadband Internet Access: Empirical Evidence. Boston, MA, MIT Internt & Telecoms Convergence ConsortiumHorrigan, J., Rainie, L., Allen, K., Boyce, A., Madden, M., O'Grady, E., (2003) The Ever-Shifting Internet Population: A New Look at Internet Access and the Digital Divide, , Washington, DC: Pew Internet and American Life Project; NTIA. 1995. Falling Through the Net: A Survey of the Have Nots in Rural and Urban America. Washington, DC: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce(1998) Falling Through the Net II: New Data on the Digital Divide, , NTIA, Washington, DC: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce; (1999) Falling Through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide, , NTIA, Washington, DC: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce; (2000) Failing Through The Net: Toward Digital Inclusion, , NTIA, Washington, DC: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce; Pociask, S.B., (2005) Broadband Use by Rural Small Businesses, , Washington, DC: Small Business Administration
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Whether and how states should encourage the deployment and utilization of broadband technology are challenging questions. Given the complexity of the technological, regulatory and market environment in which broadband is developing, states should avoid attempts to design and implement high cost, topdown, comprehensive strategies aimed at closing all infrastructure gaps. Instead, they should look to design and implement flexible programs to incentivize and assist locally-driven efforts to improve provisioning and encourage demand. While that will require building a capability to truly catalyze local efforts, preferably housed in a single small organization or authority with the necessary expertise, it need not require massive expansion in government programs or the creation of a large bureaucracy. © 2007 MCRSA. All Rights Reserved.
AB - Whether and how states should encourage the deployment and utilization of broadband technology are challenging questions. Given the complexity of the technological, regulatory and market environment in which broadband is developing, states should avoid attempts to design and implement high cost, topdown, comprehensive strategies aimed at closing all infrastructure gaps. Instead, they should look to design and implement flexible programs to incentivize and assist locally-driven efforts to improve provisioning and encourage demand. While that will require building a capability to truly catalyze local efforts, preferably housed in a single small organization or authority with the necessary expertise, it need not require massive expansion in government programs or the creation of a large bureaucracy. © 2007 MCRSA. All Rights Reserved.
M3 - Article
SN - 1090-4999
VL - 37
SP - 69
EP - 72
JO - Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy
JF - Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy
IS - 1
ER -
