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    1. Africa short on phones despite mobile phone growth

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2004-09
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: C24022
    Journal Title:
    Appropriate Technology
    Journal Title Details:
    31(3) : 49
    Notes:
    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."

    2. An update on rural broadband

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Abraham, Bridget (author) and Center for the Study of Rural America
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2003-10
    Published:
    USA: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: C20316
    Notes:
    4 pages; from "The Main Street Economist : Commentary on the Rural Economy"

    4. Bringing broadband to rural America: update to report on a rural broadband strategy

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Report
    Publication Date:
    2011-06-17
    Published:
    USA: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36392
    Notes:
    Posted at http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db0622/DOC-307877A1.pdf, GN Docket No. 11-16. 29 pages.

    5. Broadband adoption and usage

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Conner, Jim (author / Vice President, Agristar Global Networks, Ltd.)
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    2005-07-19
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23550
    Notes:
    Presented at the InfoAg 2005 Conference, Springfield, Illinois USA, July 19-21, 2005. 23 pages.

    6. Broadband or ringbarked? Community networking and rural telecommunications futures

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Goggin, Gerard (author) and Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    2002-07-03
    Published:
    Australia
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35666
    Notes:
    Electronic Networking Conference, "Building Community," Monash University, Victoria, Australia, July 3-5, 2002. 18 pages.

    10. Declare the war won

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Compaine, Benjamin M. (author)
    Format:
    Book chapter
    Publication Date:
    2001
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36364
    Notes:
    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.