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Electric Cooperatives and the Digital Divide: Helping Connect Rural Americans to 21st Century Opportunity
- Author(s):
- Mitchell Shapiro
- Date:
- 2019
- Group(s):
- MSU EDA University Center: Regional Economic Innovation
- Subject(s):
- Economic development, Digital divide, Electric cooperatives, Rural conditions, Internet
- Item Type:
- Report
- Tag(s):
- #Equity, #Economic, #EconomicDevelopment, #EconomicDevelopmentAdministration, #EDA, #Michigan, #ElectricCooperatives, #DigitalDivide
- Permanent URL:
- https://doi.org/10.17613/09rw-6r25
- Abstract:
- The task of bringing high speed Internet to America's rural communities remains a challenging and painfully unfinished one, aggravating the existing economic and social divides these communities face. To help address this challenge, certain rural energy cooperatives (RECs)—including three in Michigan—have begun deploying high-speed fiber optic networks to better connect their members. This project examines the experience of these pioneers and related factors to develop a body of information, analysis, and recommendations to inform strategies aimed at expanding broadband, and the benefits it can bring to underserved rural communities.
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- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 6 months ago
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- Attribution
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