North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) operator, MCNC announced the start of the second phase of Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiatives (GLRBI) at four locations of the State on the same day. MCNC is a private NPO of NCREN. The GLRBI is a great initiative by MCNC that give accessibility of rural mass to the fiber optic communication.
The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative is financially supported mainly by the grants by the BTOP program announced by U.S Department of Commerce. BTOP is the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program by U.S department of Commerce. The financial funding came also from private donations and investments.
The second phase construction of the network will coast approximate US$144 million. The project is estimated to be finished by the year 2013. The construction of the fiber optic cable route and the high speed broadband network will create new job opportunities the area.
As we have discussed earlier also, the development of rural broadband is the most expensive and time consuming. For that reason, revenue oriented telecom operators and service providers do not prefer investment in rural broadband. The return of revenue is much slower that it takes many years to reach the break-even point. Broadband Technology Opportunities Program has the capacity to serve more than 1500 community anchor institutions, 180,000 business establishments and more than 300,000 families.
Recently many high speed broadband projects have been reported from United States. Broadband acts as a catalyst to improve the economy. It is estimated that the project will generate 2500 engineering, construction and manufacturing jobs in Northern Carolina. For a developing country, a 10% increase of the broadband penetration increases the GDP by 1.38%. Rural communities within the same State are similar to the economy of developing country.
Broadband, that also, fiber optic broadband increases access to the market information and reduce transaction cost for poor farmers and traders. Education field will get revolutionarized with the introduction of high speed broadband. Health care systems can greatly benefit with fiber optic broadband by giving access to the care-givers to specialist support and remote diagnosis. Government agencies will be in a position to provide faster weather and natural disaster warnings that will help the lives and agriculture. Remote sensing technologies and telecom networks will enable more faster and effective monitoring, resource management and mitigation of envirounmental riskes.
The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative is financially supported mainly by the grants by the BTOP program announced by U.S Department of Commerce. BTOP is the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program by U.S department of Commerce. The financial funding came also from private donations and investments.
The second phase construction of the network will coast approximate US$144 million. The project is estimated to be finished by the year 2013. The construction of the fiber optic cable route and the high speed broadband network will create new job opportunities the area.
As we have discussed earlier also, the development of rural broadband is the most expensive and time consuming. For that reason, revenue oriented telecom operators and service providers do not prefer investment in rural broadband. The return of revenue is much slower that it takes many years to reach the break-even point. Broadband Technology Opportunities Program has the capacity to serve more than 1500 community anchor institutions, 180,000 business establishments and more than 300,000 families.
Recently many high speed broadband projects have been reported from United States. Broadband acts as a catalyst to improve the economy. It is estimated that the project will generate 2500 engineering, construction and manufacturing jobs in Northern Carolina. For a developing country, a 10% increase of the broadband penetration increases the GDP by 1.38%. Rural communities within the same State are similar to the economy of developing country.
Broadband, that also, fiber optic broadband increases access to the market information and reduce transaction cost for poor farmers and traders. Education field will get revolutionarized with the introduction of high speed broadband. Health care systems can greatly benefit with fiber optic broadband by giving access to the care-givers to specialist support and remote diagnosis. Government agencies will be in a position to provide faster weather and natural disaster warnings that will help the lives and agriculture. Remote sensing technologies and telecom networks will enable more faster and effective monitoring, resource management and mitigation of envirounmental riskes.
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