Comments on: Greater Minnesota Telehealth Broadband Initiative http://blandinonbroadband.org/2007/12/27/greater-minnesota-telehealth-broadband-initiative/ News and information on broadband use, policy, and trends Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:33:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Blandin Broadband Stimulus Pre-Planning Meeting Notes « Blandin on Broadband http://blandinonbroadband.org/2007/12/27/greater-minnesota-telehealth-broadband-initiative/#comment-5273 Blandin Broadband Stimulus Pre-Planning Meeting Notes « Blandin on Broadband Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:51:15 +0000 http://blandinonbroadband.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/greater-minnesota-telehealth-broadband-initiative/#comment-5273 [...] Greater Minnesota Telehealth Collaboration went through a process a bit like this a couple of years ago. They collaborated quickly (whoever [...] [...] Greater Minnesota Telehealth Collaboration went through a process a bit like this a couple of years ago. They collaborated quickly (whoever [...]

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]]> By: Geoff Daily http://blandinonbroadband.org/2007/12/27/greater-minnesota-telehealth-broadband-initiative/#comment-2704 Geoff Daily Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:57:37 +0000 http://blandinonbroadband.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/greater-minnesota-telehealth-broadband-initiative/#comment-2704 Fascinating post, Ann! I'm increasingly realizing the need for more scrutiny of government efforts to get more broadband out there and get people using it more. That's not to say efforts like the FCC's $400 million aren't well-intentioned, it just seems like sometimes they're a little shortsighted, and in being so end up not allocating the resources available to them in a way that can maximize the return on investment. I wrote up some thoughts in response to your post that can be found here: http://www.app-rising.com/gdblog/2007/12/questions_raised_about_efficac.html The gist of these is that perhaps instead of forcing matching funds to be spent on networks, perhaps they could instead be refocused on the adoption and use of these networks. Fascinating post, Ann! I’m increasingly realizing the need for more scrutiny of government efforts to get more broadband out there and get people using it more.

That’s not to say efforts like the FCC’s $400 million aren’t well-intentioned, it just seems like sometimes they’re a little shortsighted, and in being so end up not allocating the resources available to them in a way that can maximize the return on investment.

I wrote up some thoughts in response to your post that can be found here: http://www.app-rising.com/gdblog/2007/12/questions_raised_about_efficac.html

The gist of these is that perhaps instead of forcing matching funds to be spent on networks, perhaps they could instead be refocused on the adoption and use of these networks.

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