Add to ORKG“Talk of Maine” piece talks about the perception that Maine has terrible Internet quality and accessibility and discusses why this might be so. Only 75% of the Maine households that have access to high-speed Internet actually sign up for service. The low demand reflects low income levels and a lack of digital literacy, according to Kate Carpenter, executive director of the Maine Technology Users Group. Wayne Jortner, senior counsel in the Maine Public Advocate’s Office, talks about the politics behind the regulation of broadband fiber networks and about the state’s outdated copper wire infrastructure. The Three Ring Binder project was an attempt to address this, constructing a network of fiber optic cable in western, northern, and eastern M...
Many rural communities, including Maine islands, can\u27t provide high-speed internet to their resi...
Capitol Update piece on two bills introduced to expand broadband access. Supporters of the bills s...
Article on telecommuting , noting that a recent report suggests more Mainers are commuting - either ...
Although Maine is a rural state, it has had success in keeping pace with technological changes since...
An overview of how internet connection and access has changed in the past 25 years.In the mid 1990s,...
According to the Maine Public Utilities Commission, 36 percent of Maine\u27s municipalities lack hig...
Although Maine is a rural state, it has had success in keeping pace with technological changes since...
Editorial piece about the need for high-speed internet in Maine, especially along the coast and on M...
Focus on Technology piece on Governor John Baldacci\u27s Connect Maine initiative, which aims to pr...
Byte ME piece on Internet access in Maine. Maine has gone from just one Internet service to a doze...
Focus piece about rural Maine communities that lack access to high speed internet
Internet access has become critical to participating in modern American society, yet the private mar...
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ranks the United States 19th in average ad...
The Internet became easily accessible to the American public in the late 1980s, but Maine did not ha...
The telecommunications system of Maine, the first state in the country to install Internet access in...
Many rural communities, including Maine islands, can\u27t provide high-speed internet to their resi...
Capitol Update piece on two bills introduced to expand broadband access. Supporters of the bills s...
Article on telecommuting , noting that a recent report suggests more Mainers are commuting - either ...
Although Maine is a rural state, it has had success in keeping pace with technological changes since...
An overview of how internet connection and access has changed in the past 25 years.In the mid 1990s,...
According to the Maine Public Utilities Commission, 36 percent of Maine\u27s municipalities lack hig...
Although Maine is a rural state, it has had success in keeping pace with technological changes since...
Editorial piece about the need for high-speed internet in Maine, especially along the coast and on M...
Focus on Technology piece on Governor John Baldacci\u27s Connect Maine initiative, which aims to pr...
Byte ME piece on Internet access in Maine. Maine has gone from just one Internet service to a doze...
Focus piece about rural Maine communities that lack access to high speed internet
Internet access has become critical to participating in modern American society, yet the private mar...
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ranks the United States 19th in average ad...
The Internet became easily accessible to the American public in the late 1980s, but Maine did not ha...
The telecommunications system of Maine, the first state in the country to install Internet access in...
Many rural communities, including Maine islands, can\u27t provide high-speed internet to their resi...
Capitol Update piece on two bills introduced to expand broadband access. Supporters of the bills s...
Article on telecommuting , noting that a recent report suggests more Mainers are commuting - either ...