1. $6 billion for rural broadband: a hatchet or a scalpel? Collection: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC) Contributers: Daily, Geoff (author) and App-Rising.com Format: Commentary Publication Date: 2009-01-15 Published: USA Location: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28742 Notes: 2 pages., Suggests the U.S. government use funds from an economic stimulus package to establish and operate a Rural Fiber Fund.
2. A blind curve on the info highway? Collection: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC) Contributers: Schulken, Mary (author / Charlotte Observer) Format: Commentary Publication Date: 2009-02-20 Published: USA Location: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28841 Journal Title: Charlotte Observer (North Caroline) Notes: Via online issues. 2 pages., Author alerts readers to a move to "put the mapping for where service is needed in the hands of Connected Nation, a company representing big telecommunications companies."
3. AT&T faking concern for rural deployment Collection: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC) Contributers: Bode, Karl (author) Format: Commentary Publication Date: 2006-05-10 Published: USA Location: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24156 Notes: Retrieved May 21, 2006, Broadband Reports.com. 2 pages.
4. An alternative to rural broadband grants: the Rural Fiber Fund Collection: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC) Contributers: Daily, Geoff (author) and App-Rising.com Format: Commentary Publication Date: 2009-01-19 Published: USA Location: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28744 Notes: 2 pages., Argues for government support of fiber optics as the best approach to broadband services in rural areas.
5. Connecting America's rural areas to broadband Collection: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC) Contributers: Udall, Mark (author / U.S. Representative) Format: Commentary Publication Date: 2006-05 Published: USA Location: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24155 Journal Title: The Hill Notes: Retrieved May 21, 2006
6. For rural development speed matters: we must eliminate the speed bumps to rural broadband access Collection: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC) Contributers: Schultz, Jack (author / Agracel, Inc., Effingham, IL) Format: Commentary Publication Date: 2008-12 Published: USA Location: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28442 Journal Title: Illinois Country Living Journal Title Details: 66(8) : 4
7. Future of the internet Collection: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC) Contributers: Free Press, Florence, Massachusetts. Format: Commentary Publication Date: 2009 Published: USA Location: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29394 Notes: 2 pages.
8. Misconceptions about rural broadband Collection: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC) Contributers: Daily, Geoff (author) and App-Rising.com Format: Commentary Publication Date: 2009-01-19 Published: USA Location: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28743 Notes: 2 pages., Addresses the potentials of fiber optics for bringing excellent broadband services to rural areas.
9. Rural broadband: no job creation machine Collection: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC) Contributers: Hansell, Saul (author) Format: Commentary Publication Date: 2009-02-20 Published: USA Location: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28843 Journal Title: New York Times Notes: Via online blog. 2 pages.
10. The FCC's New Deal for rural internet Collection: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC) Contributers: Lasar, Matthew (author) Format: Commentary Publication Date: 2009-05-28 Published: USA Location: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C29054 Notes: Via ArsTechnica. 2 pages.