IT Facts (2007). Top 30 broadband countries with prices per megabit.
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Top 30 Broadband Countries With Prices Per Megabit
Models for Local Government Involvement
Gillett, Sharon E., William H. Lehr and Carlos Osorio (2004). Local Government Broadband Initiatives. Telecommunications Policy 28, August/September 2004, p. 537-558. http://itc.mit.edu/itel/docs/2003/localgovbrbd.pdf
This is a paper by a group of researchers at MIT. Other research by this group can be found at the MIT Communications Futures Broadband Working Group website: http://cfp.mit.edu/groups/broadband/broadband.html#accomplish.
Localizing the U.S. Broadband Problem
Bleha, T.(2005). Down to the Wire. Foreign Affairs. May/June 2005. http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20050501faessay84311/thomas-bleha/down-to-...
Analyzing Broadband Penetration Rates
"Analyzing Broadband Penetration Rates, the Impacts of Connectivity and Network Neutrality"
by: Sascha Meinrath SaschaMeinrath.com, "Public Ponderings..." Thursday, January 5, 2006
US Cities and Regions With Wireless Projects
List of US Cities and Regions With Wireless Projects. Muniwireless.com,
June 2006.
The Power to Reconfigure Access
Dutton, William H., Sharon Eisner Gillett, Lee W. McKnight, and Malcolm
Peltu (2003). Broadband Internet: The Power to Reconfigure Access.
Oxford Internet Institute (OII). Forum Discussion Paper No.1, August
2003. www.oii.ox.ac.uk/resources/publications/FD1.pdf
This paper, based on a forum held at the Oxford Internet Institute
(OII), considers the wide range of social and economic impacts
broadband may have, and the factors – such as industry priorities and
government policy – that are likely to shape this impact. It is a
What is Broadband? A Basic Introduction
Questions About Connecting. BBC Ask Bruce!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/askbruce/articles/connect/index.shtml
How to Build A Successful National Broadband Policy
by Becca Vargo Daggett & Christopher Mitchell Telecommunications As Commons Initiative Institute for Local Self Reliance May 2007 This brief article takes a welcoming, but critical look at attorneys Jim Baller and Casey Lide's national proposal, "Eight Bold Steps to a National Broadband Strategy." This proposal encourages national discussion of the U.S. broadband problem, by suggesting the installment of a national task force that would develop national goals and the strategies to make these goals possible.
Why American broadband is so bad
Salon: Why American Broadband is so Bad Compared to Broadband in the Leading Nations. Muniwireless.com, October 18, 2005. http://www.muniwireless.com/article/articleview/4871