Foundation for Rural Service
Guide to Careers in Rural Telecommunications
This booklet shows the job opportunities in your rural telecommunications company. These positions are not from a specific company and titles vary from company to company, but the job titles and descriptions provide an idea of the various roles at a rural telecommunications company. Often positions at telecommunications companies can allow a person to remain in their rural community. Typically, companies are willing to train new employees to develop skills needed for the industry.
Broadband Today: Rural America’s Critical Connection
This report provides a basic overview of broadband and then dives into the service as it relates to: 1) remote learning, 2) working from home, 3) telehealth, 4) business and consumers, and 5) social connections, exploring how the pandemic has impacted each sector. It also looks at the impact the pandemic has had on broadband networks and the companies that are building service into rural America. Finally, a look at issues such as the technologies used to provide broadband and policy reforms that could impact the future of broadband deployment.
Foundation for Rural Service: Aging in Place and the Role of Broadband
The Foundation for Rural Service and the Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative published an issue on Aging in Place and the Role of Broadband as part of their Rural Telecom Educational Series. Here are some fast facts that make telemedicine compelling:
- Almost 13 percent of Americans are 65 years or older. By 2030, that is expected to be 19 percent – that’s nearly one in five people.
- AARP found that nearly 90 percent of Americans 65 or older want to stay in their homes for as long possible.
- Nearly 4 percent more rural seniors are in nursing homes than their urban counterparts
- According to the National Rural Health Association, only 10 percent of physicians practice in rural America despite the fact that nearly one-fourth of the population lives in these areas.