SBIR/STTR Research Award
Increasing Rural Broadband Access by Increasing Profits for Rural ISPs via Portalization
Award amount
$292,200Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2005Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- MobiLaps
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
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Research abstract
There is a wide rural-urban gap in broadband Internet service, which can be mostly attributed to the high last-mile costs in low-density rural areas. The purpose of this project is to introduce a new revenue stream for rural broadband ISPs, and hence to improve the commercial viability of providing broadband service in rural areas.
Technology keywords
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