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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Ind. Gov't. - "Broadband service less prevalent in Southern Indiana"
Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the Louisville Courier Journal has this story today. Some quotes:
Broadband Internet service has become more widely available in Indiana recently but the southern part of the state is lagging, according to a new report from the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University. * * *Certainly this is something to keep in mind when making the internet the only way to easily access government information.“While in past decades access to interstates and railroads played a crucial role in economic development, the knowledge-based economy is experiencing a similar reliance on broadband connectivity,” said Rachel Justis, a geo-demographic analyst at the IBRC.
“These data from the FCC show that broadband adoption rates tend to be lower in Southern Indiana relative to the rest of the state, making this an indicator for economic developers to watch as time goes on,” she added. * * *
Evansville is notable among the state's metro areas for its low rate of broadband adoption, Justis said. According to the FCC, Gibson County is the only county in Indiana where 20 percent or less of its households have basic broadband access.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on May 19, 2011 10:06 AM
Posted to Indiana Government