Broadband applications: Categories, requirements, and future frameworks

Authors

  • Jeff D. Saunders Information Use Management and Policy Institute, The Florida State University College of Communication and Information
  • Charles R. McClure Information Use Management and Policy Institute, The Florida State University College of Communication and Information
  • Lauren H. Mandel University of Rhode Island

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v17i11.4066

Keywords:

broadband, technology adoption, broadband adoption, telecommunications policy

Abstract

Recent telecommunications policies, private sector development, and grant funding have focused on increasing broadband deployment to traditionally unserved and underserved areas, with an emphasis on adoption, meaning the utilization of the broadband infrastructure by end users. However, users are unlikely to adopt broadband until they realize the potential of broadband for their everyday lives. Therefore, it is critical to illustrate to potential commercial and residential subscribers the programs and applications that require broadband to function properly in order to encourage them to adopt high–speed broadband connections. This paper is intended to foster discussion among local officials and others of the ways in which broadband applications can support and encourage broadband adoption, thereby justifying deployment of ubiquitous broadband.

Author Biographies

Jeff D. Saunders, Information Use Management and Policy Institute, The Florida State University College of Communication and Information

Jeff D. Saunders (M.S.LIS, Florida State University) holds a Bachelor's of Science in History from Winthrop University. As a master's student at the Florida State University his research focused on libraries and information organizations in rural and small areas. He also has presented research on the history of libraries in the American South and American Football Fandom.

Charles R. McClure, Information Use Management and Policy Institute, The Florida State University College of Communication and Information

Charles R. McClure (Ph.D., Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey; M.L.S., University of Oklahoma; M.A., Oklahoma State University) is Francis Eppes Professor of Information Studies and Director, Florida State University, Information Institute http://www.ii.fsu.edu/. He has published extensively on topics related to planning and evaluation of library services, information policy, and digital libraries. His most recent co-authored books are Public Libraries and Internet Service Roles; Measuring and Maximizing Internet Services (American Library Association, 2009) and Public Libraries and the Internet: Roles, Perspectives, and Implications (Libraries Unlimited, 2011).

Lauren H. Mandel, University of Rhode Island

Lauren H. Mandel (Ph.D., The Florida State University; M.S. in LIS, Simmons College) is an assistant professor at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. She previously worked as the Research Coordinator at the Information Institute, http://www.ii.fsu.edu/. Her research interests include Public Library Facility Design, Wayfinding, and Geographic Information Studies. Recent co-authored publications include “Assessing Florida Public Library Broadband for E-Government and Emergency/Disaster Management Services†in Public Libraries and the Internet: Roles, Perspectives, and Implications (Libraries Unlimited, 2011) and Utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in library Research (Library Hi Tech, 2010).

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Published

2012-10-31

How to Cite

Saunders, J. D., McClure, C. R., & Mandel, L. H. (2012). Broadband applications: Categories, requirements, and future frameworks. First Monday, 17(11). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v17i11.4066