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 | |  | | Provides links to community resources for telecommunications including planning resources, case studies, funding programs, contact directories, organizations and federal agencies working in this area, and online publications. |
|  | | | | General | | - Benton Foundation.
"The mission of the Benton Foundation is to articulate a public interest vision for the digital age and to demonstrate the value of communications for solving social problems." | - Digital Divide Network. TakingITGlobal.
| - University of Kentucky. College of Agriculture.
| - DOC. Technology Administration.
| - National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative.
"Represents the advanced telecommunications and information technology interests of more than 1,400 rural utilities and affiliates in 47 states." | - National Telecommunications Cooperative Association.
| - United States Department of Commerce.
| - USDA. Economic Research Service.
| - Rural Telecommunications Congress.
| - Federal Communications Commission.
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| | | | Back to Top | | Planning Resources | | - University of Kentucky. Rural Studies.
| - USDA. Economic Research Service.
In Rural Development Perspectives, vol. 14, no. 3
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| | | Back to Top | | Best Practices and Case Studies | | - Appalachian Regional Commission.
| - USDA. Rural Development. Telecommunications Program.
| - DOC. NTIA. Office of Telecommunications and Information Applications.
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| | | Back to Top | | Funding and Program Assistance | | - AT&T Knowledge Ventures.
"The AT&T Foundation provides grants to organizations and programs that address quality-of-life issues, with an emphasis on improving education, advancing community development, addressing vital community needs and enhancing unique cultural assets." | - GSA. CAO. Regulatory and Federal Assistance Division.
| - USDA. NAL. Rural Information Center.
Please search for the programs below in the database for more details and contact information.
- 11.550 Public Telecommunications Facilities Planning and Construction
| - Foundation for Rural Service.
| - Network for Good.
| - DOC. National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
| - USDA. Rural Deveopment.
| - Federal Communications Commission.
| - Universal Service Administrative Company.
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| | | | Back to Top | | Publications | | - Pew Charitable Trust. Pew Internet & American Life Project.
"Rural areas show fast growth in home broadband uptake in the past two years..." | - DOC. National Telecommunications and Information Administration; USDA. Rural Development. Rural Utilities Service.
| - National Council for Science and the Environment.
| - Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Center for the Study of Rural America.
| - DOC. National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
| - United States Small Business Administration. Office of Advocacy.
| - University of Kentucky. College of Agriculture. Rural Studies Program.
| - DOC. National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
| - U.S. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
| - Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Center for the Study of Rural America.
| - Pew Internet and American Life Project.
| - USDA. Economic Research Service.
In Rural Development Perspectives, vol. 12, no. 3 | - National Center for Small Communities.
| - Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions.
| - Mississippi State University. Southern Rural Development Center.
| - University of Kentucky. College of Agriculture. Rural Studies Program.
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