Making Information Technologies Work at the End of the Road
Abstract Remote and rural areas face many challenges, including the provision of telecommunications services. Regardless of universal service policies or other political promises, rural communities can be deemed unprofitable by service providers while government assistance is managed by faraway regu...
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crpennstateupr:10.5325/jinfopoli.4.2014.250 2024-06-02T08:06:42+00:00 Making Information Technologies Work at the End of the Road McMahon, Rob Gurstein, Michael Beaton, Brian O'Donnell, Susan Whiteduck, Tim 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/jinfopoli.4.2014.250 https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/information-policy/article-pdf/4/1/250/1332560/jinfopoli_4_2014_250.pdf en eng The Pennsylvania State University Press Journal of Information Policy volume 4, issue 1, page 250-269 ISSN 2381-5892 2158-3897 journal-article 2014 crpennstateupr https://doi.org/10.5325/jinfopoli.4.2014.250 2024-05-07T14:14:54Z Abstract Remote and rural areas face many challenges, including the provision of telecommunications services. Regardless of universal service policies or other political promises, rural communities can be deemed unprofitable by service providers while government assistance is managed by faraway regulators who lack understanding of the affected communities and citizens. The authors assess these challenges in the context of the First Nations of Canada, via a decentralized “First Mile” framework. They find that these remote communities are capable of local innovation and can collaborate with intermediary organizations to build digital infrastructures, by bridging the gap between the public and private sectors. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Penn State University Press Canada Faraway ENVELOPE(-28.763,-28.763,-79.200,-79.200) Journal of Information Policy 4 1 250 269 |
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Abstract Remote and rural areas face many challenges, including the provision of telecommunications services. Regardless of universal service policies or other political promises, rural communities can be deemed unprofitable by service providers while government assistance is managed by faraway regulators who lack understanding of the affected communities and citizens. The authors assess these challenges in the context of the First Nations of Canada, via a decentralized “First Mile” framework. They find that these remote communities are capable of local innovation and can collaborate with intermediary organizations to build digital infrastructures, by bridging the gap between the public and private sectors. |
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