American policy and the evolving broadband internet network
2010
Stenberg, Peter L.
Broadband Internet technologies are the latest in several waves of communication and information technological change to enter rural America. Like previous technologies, it promises to have a profound impact on the social and economic fabric. Arguably, the Internet has already had a more profound effect on agricultural and rural economies than earlier communication technology introductions. The Bureau of Census annual wholesale and retail trade survey reports online retail sales nationally increased from $31 billion in 2001 to $107 billion in 2007. Also according to U.S. census statistics, online wholesale trade in 2006 was an estimated $613 billion, or approximately 16% of all sales. Online wholesale trade in farm products was an estimated $5 billion or 4% of all wholesale farm product sales in 2006. This article provides a brief history of modern information services and the policies that are shaping their spread and use across rural America.
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