August 2005 IT&T News: The Impact of Broadband on Rural States (pdf)

The August 2005 issue of IT&T News summarizes research conducted by Marshall University economists Mark Burton and Michael Hicks for the State of West Virginia Development Office, addressing the impact of affordably priced, widespread broadband telecommunications to the economies of rural states. They conclude that the benefits of increasing access to broadband would be relatively small and thus unlikely to be a useful investment for local governments or other municipal agencies.

Also in this issue: video over DSL, Google, liability issues for municipal wi-fi networks, open source, improving Ohio's regulatory environment for telecom, debating attorney Jim Baller on municipal broadband, and industry news.