Miller, Alfred (author / Louisville Courier-Journal)
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2019
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11197
Notes:
Online from the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. 16 pages., Report of a troubled and costly effort to provide "high-speed internet to Kentucky''s remote corners."
11 pages., Online via Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)., Authors propose a new approach based on Cognitive Radio technology to address the challenges for ensuring connectivity in remote areas of Africa. "Cognitive Radio will be used to manage the selection/switching across different frequency UHF/VHF bands or TV White Spaces (TVWS), while avoiding interference."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: D11590
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3 pages., Online from publisher website. 2 pages., Report explains that more than $1 billion are "flowing to 126 communities in 38 states and tribal lands to build broadband networks." Author summarizes a Federal Communications Commission resource page explaining why rural broadband is so important.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11769
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Online from BroadbandNow, a registered trademark of Centerfield BBN LLC. 3 pages., Whereas the FCC reports that broadband is unavailable to 21.3 million Americans, BroadbandNow Research analyzed FCC Form 477 data and estimated that 42 million Americans do not have the ability to purchase broadband internet. This is an additional 6.5 percent of Americans beyond FCC estimates.
Describes change in programming thrust of Ontario AgRadio Network from market information for producers to broader themes: food crops, livestock, technology and finance, and health (food safety) and environmental issues.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25435
Notes:
Pages 100-110 in Maximo Torero and Joachim von Braun (eds.), Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: the potential of telecommunications. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. 362 pages.
