Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C37114
Notes:
See C37113 for original, Pages 255-267 in Kenneth B. Beesley, Hugh Millward, Brian Iilbery and Lisa Harrington (eds.), The new countryside: geographic perspectives on rural change. Brandon University (Rural Development Institute) and Saint Mary's University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. 490 pages.
Using econometric models for Internet subscription and use, the authors found that estimation results indicating that price reduction will have a positive influence among existing Internet subscribers. "A model of Internet subscription itself, however, suggests that demand for access is derivative of education and work requirements." Survey data suggest that "isolation has little impact on Internet subscription, except the local isolation of Farms from their nearest town."
