[Hidden-tech] FW: Report Documents Rural Digital Divide

[Steven G. Caron]

Hidden-Techies,

That that the attached might be of some interest given the 'digital divide'
topic that comes up from time-to-time on this channel.

									With
best regards,

	
Steve Caron


 
Steven G. Caron
Managing Director
Old School Capital LLC
319 South Main Street
Andover, Massachusetts 01810
Telephone  (978) 430-8260
Telefax:     (978) 418-0797
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-----Original Message-----
From: Office of Advocacy Press Release [mailto:advocacy at SBA.GOV] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 9:09 AM
To: ADVOCACYPRESS at newganges.sba.gov
Subject: Report Documents Rural Digital Divide


For Release: December 13, 2005
Contact: John McDowell, (202) 205-6941
john.mcdowell at sba.gov
SBA Number: 05-50 ADVO


Report Documents Rural Digital Divide

Rural Small Businesses Less Likely To Use Broadband Services

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A new report issued today by the Office of Advocacy of
the U.S. Small Business Administration provides detail on the rural digital
divide.  The report documents greater broadband use by small businesses in
urban areas compared with small businesses in rural areas.

Written by Telenomic Research with funding from the Office of Advocacy the
report, Broadband Use by Rural Small Business,
(http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs269tot.pdf) was released in Indianapolis
at a broadband access forum hosted by USDA Rural Development, United States
Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), Indiana Lieutenant Governor Becky Skillman,
and the Indiana Office of Rural Affairs.

The report's author reviewed a number of reports showing links between
information technology investment, broadband penetration, and economic
growth.  These results, combined with documented lower levels of rural small
business broadband use, indicate that without increased broadband access
rural economies could miss out on higher levels of growth and job creation.

The Office of Advocacy, the "small business watchdog" of the government,
examines the role and status of small business in the economy and
independently represents the views of small business to federal agencies,
Congress, and the President.  It is the source for small business statistics
presented in user-friendly formats and it funds research into small business
issues.

For more information and a complete copy of the report, visit the Office of
Advocacy website at www.sba.gov/advo.

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