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By some measures, access to electronic media in rural areas of the United States is on par with the rest of the nation. Statewide data for Montana regarding high-speed Internet penetration is comparable to the national penetration level, and Montana's citizens have other means of information access including wireless hot spots, schools and libraries equipped with Internet and municipal websites. However,...
In this paper we provide an overview of current broadband and future generation services and their possible deployment in rural areas on the African continent. We discuss the challenges for deployment. In general Broadband access and the future generation network in rural areas should be increased through any technology, including wireless, wire line and optical. To be economically viable, rural areas...
We investigate the economics of rural broadband access technologies based on actual geographic information. For low bit-rates and low population density, wireless is the cheapest. For bit-rates exceeding 20 Mbit/s, PON is the lowest-cost technology.
Network deployment in rural areas of developing nations is a challenge to social conscience and technical capability and affordability. Because most rural areas have no copper telecommunication legacy, they can leapfrog to using wireless technologies. These technologies allow "bypassing stages in capacity building or investment through which countries were previously required to pass during the...
In the recent years, provision of ICT to rural communities has become of paramount importance to both national and international organizations in order to bridge the digital divide. This paper discusses ways of providing broadband communication in rural areas where the communication infrastructure is either underdeveloped or nonexistent. It looks at both fixed wireless and wired technologies. It also...
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