Growth in the overall number of people owning home computers and connecting to the Internet is substantially up from 2002. Ownership of a home computer in rural Minnesota was estimated at 65% in 2003, up from 60% in 2002. And of those who reported owning a home computer, 88% report being connected to the Internet, ...
The purpose of this study is to establish a baseline from which rural Minnesota’s manufacturing and technology-based companies can be monitored in their technology adoption and deployment. Of equal importance is its ability to help organizations like Minnesota Technology Inc. to better focus their technology and business assistance activities in Greater Minnesota. Overall, the study ...
The purpose of this survey is to better understand the development and demand for Internet services in rural Minnesota from the perspective of rural telephone companies. It is important to keep in mind that today, Internet services are offered by a variety of providers, including cable TV providers and wireless providers, along with telephone providers. ...
Growth in the overall number of people owning home computers or in the overall number of people connecting to the Internet between 2001 and 2002 appears to be flat. As in 2001, approximately 60% of rural Minnesota households own a working computer and of those with a computer, approximately 80% are connected to the Internet. ...