Challenges to Rural Broadband Adoption (updated)

Challenges to Rural Broadband Adoption

Broadband Breakfast Club
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
8 a.m. - 10 a.m.
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Jonathan S. Adelstein, Administrator of RUS will keynote

Panelists moderated by Sharon McLoone, Managing Editor of BroadbandBreakfast.com

  • Curtis Anderson, Vice President & General Counsel, MELE Associates, Inc.
  • Steven K. Berry, President & CEO, Rural Cellular Association
  • Jennie B. Chandra, Regulatory Counsel & Director, Federal Government Affairs, Windstream
  • Claiborn Crain, Senior Professional Staff, House Committee on Agriculture

The group will discuss the thorny question of how broadband will reach rural areas and how rural residents will actually be able to take advantage of it. When it comes to high-speed internet services, in many cases there is both a supply problem and an adoption challenge. What are the particular tools that have aided in the availability and usage of broadband? Are there best-practice models in particular states? This panel of experts and practitioners from rural areas will explore and assess ways at helping rural areas become truly connected.