Main Street Project’s Steven Renderos was interviewed by Craig Settles for a White Paper on Net Neutrality’s Impact on Low Income Communities:
Rural residents of all ages, cultures and economic status receive creative and practical tools from Main Street Project in Minneapolis, MN that gives them the opportunity to participate more affectively in all [...]
Archive for the ‘Broadband’ Category
Public Knowledge White Paper on Net Neutrality features Main Street Project
Posted in Broadband, Communication Rights, Digital Divide, Internet for Everyone, Media Justice, tagged net neutrality on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Midwest Rural Assembly or What I Did During (Part of) My Summer Vacation
Posted in Agriculture, Broadband, Civic Engagement, Economic Development, Health Care, Rural Media on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Absolutely incredible!
That’s what I’m thinking as I’m leaving Sioux Falls and the Midwest Rural Assembly to return to a long-planned vacation with my ever-so-patient spouse. Before I go offline for the rest of the week, here are a few reflections.
The crowd was amazing. Over 150 people came from 13 states [...]
The Digital TV Doldrums
Posted in Broadband, Digital Divide, Digital TV Transition, Internet for Everyone, Media Justice, tagged DTV, Media Justice, Rural on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A great post from our friends over at the Daily Yonder on another challenge that rural Americans are facing with the DTV transition: Even if they get the necessary converter box, some of them might still end up with fewer channels than before because of the weaker digital signal in rural areas – unless they [...]
Thinking Things Through, Together
Posted in Broadband, Communication Rights, Digital Divide, Economic Development, Economic Justice, Internet for Everyone, Media Justice, Uncategorized, tagged angela davis, Broadband, digital inclusion, digital justice, economic stimulus, green jobs on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last year I heard Angela Davis speak at Macalester College. While always thought provoking, this talk stuck with me more than others. During this particular event, Angela Davis focused on the discipline of (and I am paraphrasing here) learning how to ‘think things through together.’ The general idea being the need to adopt more flexibility [...]
Many rural areas not taking advantage of DTV delay
Posted in Broadband, Digital Divide, FCC, Media Justice, Rural Media, tagged DTV on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Jonathan Lawson
Last week Congress voted to delay the upcoming digital TV transition date until June 12. The decision was provoked by the fact that an estimated 20 million Americans remain unprepared to lose access to over-the-air TV broadcasts. Over three million are currently on a waiting list to receive $40 coupons intended to defray [...]
Rural Broadband and the Stimulus Package: Digital Inclusion is Hardly a ‘Cyberbridge to Nowhere’
Posted in Agriculture, Broadband, Communication Rights, Digital Divide, Economic Development, Education, FCC, Health Care, Internet for Everyone, Media Justice, Rural Media on February 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today, Rural America is home to about 60 million of the Nation’s population. Collectively, Rural America comprises over 2,000 counties, and accounts for 80 percent of the Nation’s land. In every day terms this means its home to approximately 1 of every 5 U.S. residents.
Over the past week, rural broadband has become a [...]
House Votes for DTV Delay. New deadline is June 12, 2009.
Posted in Broadband, Economic Development, FCC, Media Justice, Rural Media, tagged DTV Transition on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The House of Representatives yesterday voted to delay the transition from analog to digital television by four months. The new deadline is most likely June 12, 2009. The Senate already passed a similar vote last week and President Obama has signaled support for a bill. White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage said on Wednesday that “the [...]
White Spaces Victory = Victory for Rural Communities
Posted in Broadband, Economic Development, Rural Media on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After many long months of work, we have won…the right to open up more of the television’s airwaves–the unused, unlicensed portions–known as white spaces to the public.
In allowing this, the Federal Communications Commission freed up opportunities for more wireless broadband service to many rural and underserved communities nationwide. Not only will white spaces potentially provide [...]
Opening up ‘White Spaces’ is What Rural America Needs!
Posted in Broadband, Communication Rights, Digital Divide, Economic Development, FCC, Internet for Everyone, Media Justice, Rural Media on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Amalia Anderson
Opening up these vacant airwaves — called white spaces — is especially crucial for rural communities. In this age of the iPhone and Blackberry, more than 20 million of our fellow citizens – the vast majority in rural areas – still use a dial-up telephone line for Internet access! In rural parts of [...]
