The Feasibility and Value of Broadband Communications in Rural Areas. A Preliminary Evaluation, April 1976.

Autor/inn/en	Mills, William; und weitere
Institution	Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment.
Titel	The Feasibility and Value of Broadband Communications in Rural Areas. A Preliminary Evaluation, April 1976.
Quelle	(1976), (347 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Business Communication; Cable Television; Communications; Communications Satellites; Community Services; Delivery Systems; Distance; Feasibility Studies; Human Services; Information Services; Law Enforcement; Needs Assessment; Public Relations; Rural Areas; Rural Development; Systems Approach; Telecommunications + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unternehmenskommunikation; Cable franchising; Kabelfernsehen; Nachrichtenwesen; Gemeindenahe Versorgung; Auslieferung; Distanz; Entfernung; Humanitäre Hilfe; Informationstätigkeit; Gesetzesvollzug; Bedarfsermittlung; Public relation work; Öffentlichkeitsarbeit; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Rural environment; Development; Ländliches Milieu; Entwicklung; Systemischer Ansatz; Telekommunikationstechnik
Abstract	The study was conducted to determine the feasibility and value of using broadband communications (transmission of many television, voice and/or data signals through a single system) to provide public services for rural areas. Applications of broadband communications to rural areas were divided into public services (health, education, law enforcement, and governmental/administrative uses) and commercial uses (security systems, information and data transmission, and pay-TV). Each category was examined in terms of: rural needs; experiments conducted in providing the service; and potential rural uses, including their feasibility and value. In addition, tasks were undertaken to: identify rural needs and make a preliminary evaluation of actual and potential applications of broadband communications to meet those needs; determine the present status of rural growth so that the role broadband communications might play could be defined; and identify constraints to, and an approach for, bringing broadband communications to rural areas. Three policy alternatives were identified, briefly considering pros and cons of each. Appendices include: an examination of the health services and needs of rural populations; and a description of the technologies (cable television, translators, telephone, microwave, communications satellite, fiber optics) included in the assessment and the economic factors governing their use. (NQ)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC