Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide

Federal Assistance Programs

• Author(s): Lennard G. Kruger,
• Publisher: DIANE Publishing
• Pages: 27
• ISBN_10: 1437985408
  ISBN_13: 9781437985405
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Computers / General ,

Description:... Contents: Introduction; Status of Broadband Deployment in the U.S.; Broadband in Rural Areas; Is Broadband Deployment Data Adequate?; Broadband and the Federal Role: The National Broadband Plan; Current Federal Broadband Programs: Rural Utilities Service Programs; The Universal Service Concept and the FCC: Universal Service and the Telecommunications Act of 1996; Universal Service and Broadband; Legislation in the 110th Congress; Legislation in the 111th Congress: P.L. 111-5: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; Other Broadband Legislation in the 111th Congress; Legislation in the 112th Congress; Concluding Observations. Tables. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find report.