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Report: Proactive policies needed to connect rural areas
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Report: Proactive policies needed to connect rural areas

"Broadband Internet Use in Rural Pennsylvania," a report from the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, examines high speed Internet availability and adoption with regard to health care, local government, education and business. Results indicate that what is needed in rural Pennsylvania as well as other rural areas across the country, are proactive policies to facilitate expanding high speed Internet access and adoption. The study used case studies, interviews and Web site analysis.

Report: Proactive policies needed to connect rural areas

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Project Bluebird looks at high speed Internet for Page County, VA
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Project Bluebird looks at high speed Internet for Page County, VA

"Project Bluebird," a study being conducted by economic officials in Page County, Virginia, will assess the need, costs, and methods for bringing high-speed Internet to the county. With unemployment in the county up, and a large majority businesses expressing dissatisfaction with current Internet service, Page County could benefit greatly from Project Bluebird's findings, and from high speed Internet.

Project Bluebird looks at high speed Internet for Page County, VA

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Large sections of Washington are still not connected to high speed Internet
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Large sections of Washington are still not connected to high speed Internet

Across Washington, large sections of the state are still without high speed Internet connections. The answer to the problem, according to CWA and others, lies in reliable mapping of which areas are connected, which areas have a connection that is too slow, and which areas have no connection at all. Once it's clear which areas are which, Washington can figure out how to address its needs.

Large sections of Washington are still not connected to high speed Internet

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New report confirms U.S. is slipping further behind
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New report confirms U.S. is slipping further behind

The United States has slipped to 15th in high speed Internet penetration, with just 23.3 percent, according a new report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). This news follows an unfortunate down trend - in 2006, the U.S. was ranked 12th among OECD countries in high speed Internet penetration and in 2001, 4th.

New report confirms U.S. is slipping further behind