Employment, Education, Health Services Flow through Rural Counties’ Fiber
After a $50 million investment in a fiber-to-the-home network, two Eastern Kentucky counties are starting to reap benefits, according to local leaders.
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Project Will Establish Tech Hubs in Mississippi Delta
A tech project that formed to serve Cape Girardeau, Missouri, will expand its work to rural communities with the support of a U.S. Economic Development Administration grant. The project is among the first set of rural grantees for the…
Rural Roundup: Closing Rural Hospitals Leads to Higher Mortality Rates
The mortality rate in a rural community that loses a hospital increases by an average of 5.9 percent, researchers at the University of Washington report. / City celebrates its role in desegregation 63 years later / Ethanol manufacturers…
Analysis: Digital Divide Isn’t Just a Rural Problem
What good is a broadband network if you can’t afford to subscribe or don’t know how to use it? By these measurements, the U.S. has a long way to go not just in rural areas but in urban ones as well.
Research Report: Broadband Availability Raises Market Value of Rural Houses
A first-of-its-kind study finds that houses where broadband is available are worth more on the market than houses without broadband availability. But the returns for “super-fast” speeds are lower than those for just having some type of…
Border to Border 2.0: Minnesota’s Broadband Reboot
Minnesota’s state broadband grant program has been praised as one of the nation’s best – but that doesn’t mean it can’t be improved, according to the bill’s author.
The Rural Innovation Equation
The standard method of measuring innovation may miss the homegrown ways that rural firms introduce new ideas for operating their businesses. A new tool shows that innovation in rural America is associated with higher pay and growing…
Broadband Update: Complex Platforms Make Telehealth More Than Video
Treating a patient remotely combines the power of medical devices, hardware, internet technology, and old-fashioned medicine to provide a continuum of care. To address rural America’s healthcare shortage, it requires lots of bandwidth.
Thin on Broadband: Tribal Areas Still Struggle with Lagging Technology
To some Hopi, "Google it" is an inside joke — only about 29% of Hopi households have broadband internet access, compared to 79% in Arizona and 78% nationwide. On tribal lands across Arizona, fewer than half the homes have broadband access,…
Speak Your Piece: Confront the New Threat of Technology with an Old Idea
The economic disruption of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics could steal jobs and wealth from American communities. To make sure more than just a few people prosper from the change, we need a technology training program like the…