Comments on: Rural life, high speed cost-effective Internet options; or city life, Keane growing in Halifax http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/viip/rural-life-high-speed-cost-effective-internet-options-or-city-life-keane-growing-in-halifax/ value-inherent, intrinsic and pervasive Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:55:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: BrentSheets http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/viip/rural-life-high-speed-cost-effective-internet-options-or-city-life-keane-growing-in-halifax/#comment-65 BrentSheets Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:05:02 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/viip/rural-life-high-speed-cost-effective-internet-options-or-city-life-keane-growing-in-halifax/#comment-65 I'm really glad to see rural areas offer more broadband alternatives. I've worked from home for the last 12 years and I'd like to move to a rural location but the lack of broadband is preventing me. I had hoped that WiMax would have made a bigger impact by now. - One US state that has the right idea is Kentucky. Kentucky devised an ambitious plan called ConnectKentucky. They set a goal of 3 years to cover their mostly rural state in broadband. The deadline was the end of 2007 and they hit 94%. That's amazing. - ConnectKentucky http://connectkentucky.org/ - Lots of added benefits came out of the project: - Broadband availability has increased from 60 percent to 94 percent which represents about 542,000 new households; - Home computer ownership has increased to 72 percent from 58 percent; - All Kentucky counties have technology plans or programs and 120 counties have local government websites; - Kentucky graduates who chose to remain in Kentucky to live and work is up to 86 percent; - 18,400 new Kentucky IT jobs have been created. I’m really glad to see rural areas offer more broadband alternatives. I’ve worked from home for the last 12 years and I’d like to move to a rural location but the lack of broadband is preventing me. I had hoped that WiMax would have made a bigger impact by now.
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One US state that has the right idea is Kentucky. Kentucky devised an ambitious plan called ConnectKentucky. They set a goal of 3 years to cover their mostly rural state in broadband. The deadline was the end of 2007 and they hit 94%. That’s amazing.
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ConnectKentucky
 <a href="http://connectkentucky.org/" title="http://connectkentucky.org/" target="_blank">http://connectkentucky.org/</a>
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Lots of added benefits came out of the project:
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Broadband availability has increased from 60 percent to 94 percent which represents about 542,000 new households;
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Home computer ownership has increased to 72 percent from 58 percent;
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All Kentucky counties have technology plans or programs and 120 counties have local government websites;
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Kentucky graduates who chose to remain in Kentucky to live and work is up to 86 percent;
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18,400 new Kentucky IT jobs have been created.

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