Tag: telecommunications

Broadband is expected a big topic at the state legislature this year. This week on RuralMN Radio, Jim and Marnie discuss some of the basic issues of broadband and how it gets to rural areas. Broadband 101

ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES SERVING GREATER MN Residents of Greater Minnesota receive telecommunications services from a variety of providers; and this industry is undergoing rapid change and evolution. Increasing challenges and pressures facing the telecommunications industry has led the Minnesota Telecommunications Alliance (MTA) to pose the question of “What is  the economic contribution of ...

An examination of issues surrounding broadband speeds in schools.

Our statewide estimate at the end of 2006 is that 1,393,267 households, or 68.7 percent of all Minnesota households, currently possess at least one working computer., and socio-demographic factors such as age, income, or whether school-age children are present in the home continue to be excellent predictors of technology adoption in both rural and metro ...

To download the full report click on the link below: 2007 Minnesota Internet Study

Our statewide estimate at the end of 2005 is that 1,379,570 or 68.0 percent of all Minnesota households currently possess at least one working computer; 1,208,526 or 59.6 percent of all Minnesota households currently maintain a home Internet connection; and 737,397 or 36.4 percent of all Minnesota households connect to the Internet from home using ...

In 2004, growth in the overall number of rural households that reported owning a home computer or have Internet connectivity appears to be flat, while growth among those households switching from a dial-up Internet service to a broadband service seems to be quite robust. Based upon these findings we are now estimating that one third ...

To download the full report click on the link below: 2005 Minnesota Internet Study

To download the full report click on the link below: 2004 Survey of Businesses