Rural access to advanced information communications technology (ICT) lags behind urban areas. ICT availability in rural areas at the household level is understudied. Often, data sources test connectivity at one point in time and then aggregate to a larger geographical region (i.e. county level or...
The increase brought the country's internet availability rate to 57.7 percent, with 26.3 percent of internet users living in rural areas, according to the 42nd bi-annual statistical report from the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC). It also highlighted the growing use of the intern...
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In the digital economy era, the internet’s widespread availability in rural areas has significantly enhanced farmers’ access to information, reduced transaction costs associated with decision-making, and lowered the learning curve for farmers (Mehmood et al. 2018; Tan and Lin 2019). Consequently,...
However, little work has been done to study the state of Internet connectivity in rural regions, particularly the cellular data technologies that have seen dramatic increase in penetration and usage. In this work we attempt to understand the availability and performance of cellular Internet ...
DSL internet is a common internet option thanks to high availability in rural areas and low pricing, but the slow speeds will almost always fall well short of cable or fiber internet plans. That said, all of the DSL providers on our list offer speeds up to 100Mbps or higher in select ar...
Top rural internet providers What fast internet options are available in rural areas? Hughesnet: Best availability Verizon: Best for high speeds Starlink: Best for travelers T-Mobile Home Internet: Best for simple pricing CenturyLink: Best for DSL rural availability Additional rural internet...
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internet access in rural areas has an major impact on local culture, social organization and overall social change. First of all, research on the subject has found that “technological empowerment” occupies a large space and has attracted the attention of many scholars (Zheng,2014). The issue ...