Educate, Not Regulate, To Close Broadband Gap
Des Moines Register
By Dave McClure
March 29, 2008

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Panacea Or Placebo: Electronic Health Records Come To The US
Ars Technica
By Jonathan M. Gitlin
march 26, 2008

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CenturyTel, through its affiliates, is a leading provider of communications, high-speed Internet and entertainment services in small-to-mid-size cities through broadband and fiber transport networks.
  

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One of the sure-fire ways to create change is to start where you live. Or work. Today, no one is taking that to heart more than the developers and builders in the real estate industry. These professionals are using broadband applications in breathtakingly innovative ways to help people work more productively and live more enjoyably, safely and longer while conserving our limited natural resources.

Frankly, the buildings these developers create with broadband technologies aren’t just smart; they’re genius. So much so, that the inclusion of technology in a development project is a given; there simply isn’t a project underway that does not give thought to the role of broadband in its construction.

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Grant To Help Expand Rural Telemedicine
Washington Post
By Sue Major Holmes
March 19, 2008
  

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• Total economic impact of $905,743,973 if broadband deployment were increased at a reasonable level. (Connected Nation, The Economic Impact of Stimulating Broadband Nationally)

• Net job growth of 18,723 jobs from increase in broadband deployment. (Connected Nation, The Economic Impact of Stimulating Broadband Nationally)

• The Mississippi Area Health Education Center provides access to continuing education and other distance learning opportunities for health care providers via telehealth technologies. (Alliance for Public Technology and Communications Workers of America, State Broadband Initiatives)

• In 2005 the Mississippi Broadband Task Force recommended the creation of a statewide initiative to promote citizens’ use of the Internet with a formal plan and broadband strategy. (Alliance for Public Technology and Communications Workers of America, State Broadband Initiatives)

When John F. Kennedy visited Appalachia during the 1960 presidential campaign, he was shocked by what he described as “the hungry children  €¦ the old people who cannot pay their doctors bills, the families forced to give up their farms.” He vowed to do something about it. Since that famous visit by Kennedy, the Appalachian region of the United States — hard hit by the loss of mining jobs and steep population declines — has been a prime focus of public-private programs to alleviate poverty and spur economic development.  

The Appalachian Regional Commission, which grew out of the “War on Poverty” programs of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, has built an impressive array of economic development programs to assist the region. Among these is the Information Age Appalachia telecommunications and information technology program, which promotes the development of telecommunications in the region.

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• Total economic impact of $1,692,307,789 if broadband deployment were increased at a reasonable level. (Connected Nation, The Economic Impact of Stimulating Broadband Nationally)

• Net job growth of 33,451 jobs from increase in broadband deployment. (Connected Nation, The Economic Impact of Stimulating Broadband Nationally)

• Average of $10,187,810 in healthcare costs saved annually if broadband deployment were increased at a reasonable level. (Connected Nation, The Economic Impact of Stimulating Broadband Nationally)

• Average of $99,216,165 in mileage costs saved annually if broadband deployment were increased at a reasonable level. (Connected Nation, The Economic Impact of Stimulating Broadband Nationally)

• Alabama Research and Education Network provides broadband Internet access for Alabama state government, colleges and universities, K-12 schools, and libraries. (Alliance for Public Technology and Communications Workers of America, State Broadband Initiatives)

• Launched in 2005, the ACCESS Project provides grants and program support for distance learning in high schools, hoping to eventually expand availability to all public high schools. (Alliance for Public Technology and Communications Workers of America, State Broadband Initiatives)

• Ranks first for “Digital Economy”. (Dr. Rob Atkinson, The 2007 State New Economy Index)

• Ranks first for internet users as a share of the population, at 72%. (Dr. Rob Atkinson, The 2007 State New Economy Index)

• Total economic impact of $317,188,552 if broadband deployment were increased at a reasonable level. (Connected Nation, The Economic Impact of Stimulating Broadband Nationally)

• Net job growth of 4,846 jobs from increase in broadband deployment. (Connected Nation, The Economic Impact of Stimulating Broadband Nationally)

• Average of $1,484,307 in healthcare costs saved annually if broadband deployment were increased at a reasonable level. (Connected Nation, The Economic Impact of Stimulating Broadband Nationally)

• Average of $14,018,776 in mileage costs saved annually if broadband deployment were increased at a reasonable level. (Connected Nation, The Economic Impact of Stimulating Broadband Nationally)

• The Alaska Telehealth Advisory Council provides recommendations and policy guidance to improve access to health care through the expansion and adoption of telehealth initiatives. (Alliance for Public Technology and Communications Workers of America, State Broadband Initiatives)