Rural broadband : selected analyses of deployment and loan programs / Clyde L. Horn, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horn, Clyde L, editor.

Series:

Internet theory, technology and applications.

Internet theory, technology and applications

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Broadband communications systems.

Rural telecommunication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Access to affordable broadband is seen as vital to economic growth and improved quality of life, yet its deployment in rural areas can be costly. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) appropriated funding for BIP, a USDA RUS program to fund broadband projects to provide service to end users in mostly rural areas. This book addresses how RUS ensures that projects are completed by the deadline and as approved and the extent to which RUS provides information to show BIP's impact. It also discusses the progress of broadband projects, their effect on expanding access to

Contents:

""RURAL BROADBAND: SELECTED ANALYSES OF DEPLOYMENT AND LOAN PROGRAMS""; ""RURAL BROADBAND: SELECTED ANALYSES OF DEPLOYMENT AND LOAN PROGRAMS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: RECOVERY ACT: USDA SHOULD INCLUDE BROADBAND PROGRAM�S IMPACT IN ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORTS""; ""WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY""; ""WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS""; ""WHAT GAO FOUND""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""RUS�S OVERSIGHT INDICATES MOST PROJECTS WILL BE COMPLETED ON TIME AND AS APPROVED BUT FACES CHALLENGES GIVEN THE PROGRAM�S SCOPE""

""RUS COLLECTS BIP�S PERFORMANCE INFORMATION BUT PROVIDES LIMITED REPORTING OF PROGRAM�S IMPACT""""CONCLUSION""; ""RECOMMENDATION""; ""AGENCY COMMENTS""; ""APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY""; ""Chapter 2: TELECOMMUNICATIONS: USDA SHOULD EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE RURAL BROADBAND LOAN PROGRAM""; ""WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY""; ""WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS""; ""WHAT GAO FOUND""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""SINCE 2003, 100 LOANS HAVE BEEN MADE TO GEOGRAPHICALLY AND DEMOGRAPHICALLY DIVERSE AREAS, BUT OVER 40 PERCENT ARE NO LONGER ACTIVE""

""RUS LOANS CAN HELP PROMOTE LIMITED BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT PERFORMANCE GOALS DO NOT FULLY ALIGN WITH PROGRAM�S PURPOSE""""FCC REFORMS OF USF AND ICC HAVE CREATED TEMPORARY UNCERTAINTY THAT MAY BE HINDERING INVESTMENT IN BROADBAND""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION""; ""APPENDIX I. SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY""; ""APPENDIX II. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MODEL METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS""; ""Chapter 3: RECOVERY ACT: BROADBAND PROGRAMS ARE ONGOING, AND AGENCIES� EFFORTS WOULD BENEFIT FROM IMPROVED DATA QUALITY""

""WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY""""WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS""; ""WHAT GAO FOUND""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""THE PROGRESS OF RECOVERY ACT BROADBAND PROJECTS IS DIFFICULT TO MEASURE BECAUSE OF DATA LIMITATIONS""; ""NTIA HAS EXPANDED ACCESS TO BROADBAND THROUGH BTOP PROJECTS; HOWEVER, DATA LIMITATIONS MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO MEASURE THE EFFECTS OF BTOP AND BIP ON BROADBAND ADOPTION""; ""NTIA AND RUS HAVE ACTED TO ADDRESS THE VARIETY OF CHALLENGES AWARDEES IDENTIFIED IN COMPLETING PROJECTS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""RECOMMENDATION FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION""; ""AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION""

""APPENDIX I. SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY""""APPENDIX II. ANALYSIS OF EMPLOYMENT DATA SUBMITTED BY PROGRAM AWARDEES""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 27, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63463-250-8

OCLC:

914433246