Making Rural Broadband Affordable : Synchronizing Installation with Other Public Works

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 economi...

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Main Author:	Foch, Arthur
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	broadband internet telecommunications
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26682172/making-rural-broadband-affordable-synchronizing-installation-other-public-works http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24964

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spelling	okr-10986-249642021-05-25T10:54:41Z Making Rural Broadband Affordable : Synchronizing Installation with Other Public Works Foch, Arthur broadband internet telecommunications 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. 2016-08-26T15:37:58Z 2016-08-26T15:37:58Z 2016-04 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26682172/making-rural-broadband-affordable-synchronizing-installation-other-public-works http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24964 English en_US Connections; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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description	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.
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title	Making Rural Broadband Affordable : Synchronizing Installation with Other Public Works
title_short	Making Rural Broadband Affordable : Synchronizing Installation with Other Public Works
title_full	Making Rural Broadband Affordable : Synchronizing Installation with Other Public Works
title_fullStr	Making Rural Broadband Affordable : Synchronizing Installation with Other Public Works
title_full_unstemmed	Making Rural Broadband Affordable : Synchronizing Installation with Other Public Works
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26682172/making-rural-broadband-affordable-synchronizing-installation-other-public-works http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24964
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Making Rural Broadband Affordable : Synchronizing Installation with Other Public Works

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