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From: "Dawn DiPietro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 3:48 AM
Subject: [WISPA] Rural Broadband Remains Spotty
All,
This article seems to sum it up pretty well.
Regards,
Dawn DiPietro
Rural Broadband Remains Spotty
› › › Broadband
By Enid Burns | May 8, 2006
Several factors, including geography and population density, account for
the 71 percent of American households that either dial-up or don't access
the Web from home. A telecommunications report to congressional committees
from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) details barriers to
high-speed Internet adoption.
Twenty-eight percent of American households subscribed to broadband
service in 2005, about 30 million homes. Of the remaining 71 percent of
households, 30 percent subscribe to dial-up Internet service, and 41
percent have no home access. Among broadband subscribers, distribution
between cable modem and DSL was almost evenly split. DSL is less likely to
serve rural residents; service is only available within a three-mile
radius of a central office.
Certain household factors make residents more or less likely to subscribe
to broadband services. Households with high incomes are 39 percent more
likely to subscribe to broadband than lower-income households.
College-educated heads of households are 12 percent more likely to adopt
broadband than households headed by someone without a college degree.
While price remains a barrier to adoption, the cost of broadband services
has declined over time. Tax is a barrier to subscribing when it equals 10
percent, however when tax amounts to only 5 percent of the rate it doesn't
affect subscription rates among rural residents and lower-income
households.
Broadband providers are available for all but 1 percent of the country's
population. Ninety-nine percent of Americans live in 95 percent of the Zip
Codes that have at least one ISP offering broadband access. While it
appears companies continue to build out infrastructure for broadband
access, geography and population density deter providers from further
deployment.
Federal programs like the Universal Service Fund (USF) and the Department
of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) have increased the uptake
of broadband service in rural areas.
Due to rugged terrain, it's more expensive to deploy land-based broadband
in rural areas. The same areas are less populated and return smaller
revenues. Broadband providers are more likely to enter a particular market
if there's no existing competition, though the land grab appears to be
over. By contrast, incumbent telecom and cable providers are likely to
roll out or enhance services in markets with new competition.
The GAO conducts data collection using Form 477, a government-mandated
survey of telecommunications competition and deployment of broadband
services. At a Zip Code level, the FCC collects data based on where
subscribers are served, not where providers have deployed broadband
infrastructure for the report.
http://www.clickz.com/stats/sectors/broadband/article.php/3604581
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