Apart from describing the shortage of mobile phones, the report indicates that growth in mobile phone usage is concentrated in urban areas and is "creating a widening communication gap between rural and urban communities."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23747
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Presented at 2006 Agricultural Outlook Forum sponsored by U.S. Department of Agriculture in Arlington, Virginia, February 16-17, 2006. 6 pages., Reports factors involved in 25% lower use of broadband by rural than by urban small businesses.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36364
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Pages 243-262 in Benjamin M. Compaine (ed.), The digital divide: facing a crisis or creating a myth? MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 357 pages., Author suggests that the digital divide may be disappearing on its own through declining cost, natural acculturation and growing availability. Observes that the lower cost of living in rural areas may more than compensate for having to pay higher rates closer to full cost of telecommunications.
