Rural Communities
Growth Comes to Rural Communities with Internet Access
Right now you are reading an article on the internet. This was an impossibility just fifteen years ago and even just ten years ago, the internet wasn’t nearly what it is today. For example, websites have become much more complex in recent years and faster speeds allow for better downloading of data. However, there are many who are still behind the digital divide. This is especially true for farmers who live in rural regions and don’t have access to dependable, inexpensive, or fast broadband internet service.
Over the years, the internet has dramatically shrunk the world. We are now able to communicate with those across the world in a split second and let others know what we are doing at every moment of the day through social networking. However, those in rural regions are being left on the sidelines. Recently a USDA study showed how those without internet service are falling further and further behind.
Broadband means a high capacity for information flow. Many of us began with a low bandwidth such as dial up. This is still the case in many rural regions. Modern modems can carry 56 kilobytes per second. However, many rural regions are stuck at 14 kilobytes per second. That means that today’s websites full of video and graphics can’t download or do so at too slow of a speed.
However, if these same regions could just get on the information superhighway, they would see a totally different world totally open up. For example, those in rural regions could participate in online retail sales. Studies show these sales have grown from $31 billion in 2001 to $107 billion in 2007. Online wholesale trades also comprised 16% of all sales. Wholesale trade in farm products accounted for 4% of all wholesale farm product sales in 2006 and amounted to $5 billion. Rural residents who make crafts used to be limited to fairs, but now can sell their wares throughout the year to a worldwide audience.
Another way that Rural Internet service can help residents in Rural Areas is in education. Those who have access to broadband service do better in school and are more aware of the world in which we live. Without these education benefits students in rural regions run the risk of falling behind the rest of the world.
When high speed internet service is introduced into rural regions, there are dramatic results. For example, the USDA found that employment grows faster in regions with better broadband access. In addition, wages grow faster in areas with broadband service. In addition, the USDA found that internet access accounts for better farm efficiency.
While the internet may be slow coming to some rural communities, those that do get service see a dramatic improvement in the quality of life and money that they can provide for the household. The internet is here to stay and the only way that America can continue to compete is to provide service to everyone who wants and needs it in order to be productive and viable.
URCSF Uganda Rural Community Support Foundation
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