The rural-urban digital divide persists and creates policy challenges, said...
The rural-urban digital divide persists and creates policy challenges, said the National Agricultural & Rural Development Policy Center in a policy brief (http://bit.ly/1483wvH). It pointed to the special challenges of increasing broadband adoption among various groups. “We suggest that better…
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data be gathered on matters of adoption, use and cost,” the brief said. “Evaluation results of NTIA’s [Broadband Technology Opportunities Program] will be available at some point in the future; this should help suppliers, civil society, and government programs make better decisions on how to address discrepancies, inequities, and opportunities for improvement.” Future efforts should “include the cost of services and indicators of service quality,” the brief added.