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Download full textStaihr, Brian – 2000
High speed data services known as broadband have the potential to make rural areas less isolated and improve the rural quality of life, but physical barriers, sparse population density, and few markets present significant obstacles to their deployment in rural areas. Broadband applications such as e-commerce, distance education, and telemedicine…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Internet, Policy Analysis, Proximity
