Widespread access to high speed Internet along with computer literacy would make significant strides in addressing the persistently high unemployment of the San Joaquin Valley.
Over the past five years, New Valley Connexions has done extensive work in trying to encourage access to high speed Internet in the region, and has recently completed a study addressing telecommunications policy as it applies to the deployment of broadband (high-speed Internet) infrastructure.
The report, Public Policy Roadmap for Improving Broadband Access, explains federal and state definitions of rural are already limiting the deployment of broadband infrastructure, which will leave the region further behind as the world moves more towards an information-based economy.
View the recently released report:
Public Policy Roadmap for Improving Broadband Access (pdf - 1.1 MB)
Related Links:
FCC E-rate Program
CPUC California Teleconnect Fund
California Libraries E-Rate and CTF Information
California Department of Education E-rate Training
RUS Broadband Loan and Loan Guarantee Program
Milken Institute
Land Systems Group
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