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E-Commerce
Ready Certification
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Apple
Valley and Dakota County have both Received E-Commerce Ready Certification!
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Need
for Next Generation Broadband Services
Internet traffic in the U.S. is anticipated to increase
at least 14 times over what it is now over by 2015. The eleven cities
in Dakota County, Dakota County, and the Dakota County Community Development
Agency created an educational campaign to help residents and businesses
understand why next generation broadband services are needed to meet our
econmic needs in the future. View
the video >>>
Where we stand
- We are behind, and we need a plan
- The U.S. ranks 18th among nations in typical broadband
speeds.*
- Average monthly subscription prices per megabit of
speed in 2007 were $3.09 for Japan, $3.70 for France, $4.61 for Italy,
$5.29 for the UK, $5.96 for Korea, but $12.60 for the US.†
- South Korea now generates the same amount of Internet
traffic as the U.S. with one-sixth the population.‡
- "As other countries get big broadband, they are
going to get out ahead of us in creating the third generation of the
Internet applications and the jobs in the digital economy." -Geoff
Daily, Apprising blog
- It's a public good: critical infrastructure
- The precedents include canals, water systems, rural
electrification, and roads.
- What private company would have been expected to maintain
lifeline phone service to rural areas, or to build 41,000 miles of Interstate
highways?
- Work is changing
- Broadband has been dubbed an "idea vehicle"
- a means of spurring new product design and delivery methods and encouraging
entrepreneurialism.
- Total internet traffic for 2013 is estimated at 667
exabites (1018 bytes) - the equivalent of nearly two trillion medium-sized
books.**
- Up to 20% of business travel worldwide could be replaced
by Web-based and regular full screen videoconferencing technology.††
- 22 million Americans ran businesses out of their homes
last year. ‡‡
- Despite recession, international traffic growth is
accelerating in 2009, as average traffic is growing at a rate of 74
percent, well above last year's 55 percent.***
What Dakota County communities could gain from Next-Generation Broadband
- Economic development
- Job creation
- Fast uploads and downloads of data
- Fast downloads of high-definition movies and games
- Ability to utilize emerging applications
- Platform for distance medicine
- Platform for distance education
- Family teleconferencing
- Reduced energy consumption
SOURCES: * Akamai, Inc., The State of the Internet, 2009 Q1 † Wall
Street Journal, May 19, 2008 ‡ Wall Street Journal, May 19, 2008
** Cisco Visual Networking Index 2008-13 †† New York Times,
July 22, 2008 ‡‡ Forrester Consulting report, August, 6, 2008
*** TeleGeography, Global Internet Geography Research Service
What's next in the drive for Next-Generation Broadband?
The Minnesota Ultra-High Speed Task Force was appointed to make recommendations
to the Minnesota Legislature and the Governor regarding creation of a
statewide high-speed Internet access goal, and a plan for implementation
by 2015. The task force will release its report on November 6. Visit www.ultra-high-speed-mn.org
for details.
What
is E-Commerce Ready Certification?
The Internet has profoundly changed the way we go about
our day-by-day business. The State of Minnesota launched a program to
recognize those cities which are best prepared to do business on-line
and Apple Valley received this recognition. This e-commerce certification
confirms that Apple Valley has demonstrated to the State that its businesses,
government and citizens are ready to conduct electronic commerce on the
Internet. According to the Department of Employment and Economic Development
Commissioner Matt Kramer, “This certification is the State’s
way of acknowledging the readiness of Apple Valley to compete in this
global and technological New Economy.” For
more information on the E-Commerce Certification >>>
Resources
for those looking into E-Commerce
Dakota Future E-Community
Resources >>>
University
of Minnesota Extension Service Access E-Commerce >>>
Content updated on:
13-Nov-2009
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