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."
Brown, Daniel James (author) and Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University, Australia.
Format:
Thesis
Publication Date:
2009-09-03
Published:
Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C30554
Notes:
Posted at http://www.ccnr.net/pratoconf2009/pdfs/brown.pdf, Master of Arts in Communications and Technology, Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta, Canada, September 3, 2009.. Presented at the Prato CIRN Community Informatics Conference, Prato, Italy, November 4-6, 2009. 100 pages.
Examines five cases of rural areas that deployed information and communication technology programs. "There is little evidence that telecommunications lead to economic growth or that businesses in the communities are using ICT extensively." Instead, "the physical deployment of the hardware is not sufficient to achieve success."
