COVID-19 and Rural Broadband: A Call to Action or More of the Same?

Brian Whitacre

Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2021, vol. 36, issue 3

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic brought renewed attention to broadband, and the federal response included significant funding for this issue. Rural experiences with schooling and healthcare during the pandemic demonstrate that addressing the digital divide is not a short-term process.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.313125

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