Making Rural Broadband Affordable: Synchronizing Installation with Other Public Works

doi:10.1596/24964

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Making Rural Broadband Affordable: Synchronizing Installation with Other Public Works

dc.contributor.author	Foch, Arthur
dc.date.accessioned	2016-08-26T15:37:58Z
dc.date.available	2016-08-26T15:37:58Z
dc.date.issued	2016-04
dc.description.abstract	The high cost of extending Internet service beyond urban areas and the relatively low number of potential subscribers has combined to stall the expansion of this enabling technology in much of the developing world (and even in some advanced economies). Installing cables over land by exploiting existing infrastructure to carry the line eliminates most of the construction costs of domestic Internet networks—but that colocation option is much less available for remote or thinly populated areas. A way forward is to synchronize the installation with work on other suitable infrastructure projects (transport, energy, water, gas). The developmental value of high-speed Internet and the strategy of colocating cable with transport and power corridors are well understood. The missing piece is a legal and regulatory push to ensure that cable is accommodated when private or public infrastructure is built or renovated in rural areas. With technical assistance informed by precedents in advanced economies, the international community and developing countries themselves can accelerate adoption of such policies.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26682172/making-rural-broadband-affordable-synchronizing-installation-other-public-works
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/24964
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/24964
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Connections;
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	broadband
dc.subject	internet
dc.subject	telecommunications
dc.title	Making Rural Broadband Affordable	en
dc.title.subtitle	Synchronizing Installation with Other Public Works	en
dc.type	Brief	en
dc.type	Fiche	fr
dc.type	Resumen	es
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okr.crossref.title	Making Rural Broadband Affordable: Synchronizing Installation with Other Public Works
okr.date.disclosure	2016-08-10
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Brief
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26682172/making-rural-broadband-affordable-synchronizing-installation-other-public-works
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okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/24964
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	26682172
okr.identifier.report	107706
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okr.topic	Information and Communication Technologies::ICT Policy and Strategies
okr.topic	Information and Communication Technologies::Information Technology
okr.topic	Information and Communication Technologies::Telecommunications Infrastructure
okr.unit	GTIDR - ICT MNA/AFR (GTI11)