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Farm fresh broadband : the politics of rural connectivity / Christopher Ali.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ali, Christopher, author.
- Series:
- Information policy series.
- Information policy series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rural telecommunication--Government policy.
- Rural telecommunication.
- Broadband communication systems--Government policy.
- Broadband communication systems.
- Rural telecommunication--Economic aspects.
- Broadband communication systems--Economic aspects.
- Digital divide.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "This study of the political economy of rural broadband combines critical policy analysis with stories of rural Americans and offers solutions for solving the rural-urban digital divide"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraphs
- Contents
- Series Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Promise, Politics, and Policy: Broadband in Rural America
- Farm Fresh Broadband
- Broadband and the Rural-Urban Digital Divide
- Technologies of Access
- Wired Connections
- Wireless Connections
- 5G: The Next Generation?
- The Five Pillars of Rural Broadband
- The Rural
- Methodology: Lived Policy
- A Brief Note on Theory
- The Book
- Bran Flakes to the Home
- 1. The Struggle for a Wired America: A Brief History of Connecting the Countryside
- Rural Electrification
- Rural Telephony
- Conclusion: Lessons Learned … and Not Learned
- 2. When Good Is the Enemy of Great: The Four Failures of Rural Broadband Policy
- Policy Failure
- The Four Failures of Rural Broadband Policy
- Management: The 2009 Rural Broadband Strategy
- Meanings: The Discourse of Rural Broadband Policy
- Money: The Political Economy of Rural Broadband Policy
- Mapping: The Critical Geography of Broadband Deployment
- The Case of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund
- Conclusion: The Politics of "Good Enough"
- 3. The Rural Utilities Service: The Reluctant Regulator
- The Problem of "Many Hands"
- RUS Programs
- Critiques of RUS
- Performance: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
- Eligibility: "The Hardest Thing I've Ever Tried to Do"
- Overbuilding: The Third Rail of Broadband Policy
- Narratives of Legitimacy
- Banker
- Policymaker
- Coordinator
- The ReConnect Program
- The Reluctant Regulator
- Conclusion: Of Groats and Bits
- 4. "It's Pretty Cool": Cooperatives, Municipalities, and Rural Connectivity
- Broadband Localism
- Technology: The Last Mile
- Spatiality: Broadband in Place
- Usage: Adoption and Digital Inclusion.
- Structure and Governance: Municipalities and Policy
- Rock County, Minnesota
- Early Steps
- Searching for a Partner
- Cooperatives
- Implementation of the Fiber Network
- Impact
- Minnesota
- Conclusion: The Rural Broadband Model
- 5. The Jolly Green Giant Goes Digital: Broadband to the Farm and Precision Agriculture
- Precision Agriculture
- Mapping
- Monitoring
- Management
- Broadband to the Farm
- Representation (on the Map)
- Ownership (of the Data)
- Control (of the Technology)
- Conclusion: 5G and the Future of Connected Farms
- Conclusion: "Everything Is Better with Better Broadband": Toward a National Rural Broadband Plan
- Rural Connectivity in a (Post-)COVID World
- A Stay-at-Home Nation
- Waiting for 5G
- A National Rural Broadband Plan
- A Global Divide
- Better Broadband
- References
- Index
- Series List.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-264) and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-36707-6
- 0-262-36708-4
- OCLC:
- 1256683516
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