The Internet has become an important tool for businesses, households, and governments to interact with each other in the creation of economic activity. The growth of Internet use over the past 10-15 years has been impressive - over 63 percent of rural residents count themselves as Internet...

American broadband Internet subscription rates vary across region, urban density, household income, and other socio-economic influences, such that western households are more likely to have broadband Internet than southern households, urban households have greater broadband access than rural...

Internet use has grown rapidly over the last two decades and so has the digital economy's integration into the rural economy. Connecting to the Internet via high-speed technology such as DSL lines, cable, satellite, and wireless networks increases bandwidth and makes the Internet much more...