[Air-l] hmm, last mile, imaginations, and historical projections

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Jeremy,

I believe that broadband internet connections would change life in rural
areas. Perhaps not the 'real farmers' (the people actually working) but
definitely for their children; the next generation. It'll bring them more in touch
with urban life. Whether broadband slows down or even reverts emigration from
rural areas to cities or further enforces it is ambiguos.
I could imagine both things to happen. On the one hand it could be that as a
consequence more people would move to urban areas (study, just to live
there, etc.) and not come back as Matt has pointed out in his 2nd point. On the
other hand diffusion of broadband technology could reverse things since time,
place etc. do not really matter on the internet where anything can be done
ansynchronously. Especially if broadband is paired with a flatrate connection
(is it offered without???) I think this might happen.

groetjes, moritz



> I'm sitting here looking at several fairly substantial proposals for 
> programs taking rural last mile broadband into account and was thinking 
> 
> that taking the lastmile to the house in rural america may not have the 
> 
> effects that are projected.  any opinions, theories, thoughts?
> 
> 
>   I'm thinking that there is corresponding detraditionalizations that 
> may 
> not have lasting positive effects on these communities, though immediate 
> 
> economic effects may occur.  I'm thinking this will promote an overall 
> 
> migration and population transition toward more urbanization, etc. which 
> 
> of course is not supportive to small rural communities, which may in the 
> 
> end result in a new gentrification of those communities by displaces 
> upper class urbanites looking to operate off of the broadband, thus 
> possibly creating the same situation as occured with industrialization 
> 
> with the automobile in the south.  again, thoughts, theories, opinions?
> 
> I mean what we have is a certain number of imaginations of the future, 
> 
> sometimes even supported by research and i could really use some more 
> citations on this, that seem to assume a certain set of goods in 
> development and goods in the expansion of technologies for the 
> populace...
> 
> so in short, let me know.
> 
> 
> jeremy hunsinger
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