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Renew Ohio 18 Broadband and Technology Working Group focus group
February 29, 2008
Topic question: How will access to broadband and technology be beneficial to you personally, to your community and tothe economic redevelopment of Southeastern Ohio?Consensus responses:
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Will increase educational opportunities, especially for K-12 and continuing education
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Will allow the region to attract and retain business
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Will attract technology companies to area
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Will encourage development of small cottage industries
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Will increase home office and small business opportunities
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Will level the playing field and provide equal opportunities to the region
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Will promote growth and job opportunities for underdeveloped areas
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Will improve health care
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Will provide electronic health care records
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Will provide connections for health care services
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Will allow greater access to health care/education
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Will facilitate home health monitoring
Responses in
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viewed as most important by the groupResponses in
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: viewed as important by the groupResponses in
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: outlier responses
Idea name
Group A
participant scoresN=14# of votestotal2) improve health care63565231089105127212) attract and retain business910109219923711718) more competitive k-12 education88810109175425) increase home office and smallbusiness opportunities7247796819513) enable hi-tech industry57102361074310) broaden scope and experienceof education4710103764122) competitive rates and availablefor everyone2985276334) on-line services 24/761565662915) improve emergency services1024665285) increase sales982842721) skilled people can work fromanywhere864742527) increase tax base throughemployment4453952511) Bring internet-dependentindustry to area2931042420) Videoconferencing,telepresence7564152319) National security warningdevice107532230) sharing of resources436114172018) R&D91931924) promote community andculture545541926) enhance technology/industriallocation8821623) Communal wireless access31744157) increase networking w/outleaving area2102314
13) promotes more stablecommunications among interestedparties8621414) provide opportunity for peoplewith disabilities to increaseemployability48231428) allow more business to goglobal317341416) quicker results5621117) Better on-line education81231129) access to remote disasterrecovery sites13344116) remote meter reading912109) enable parent involvement withchild's education372101) Run along with existinginfrastructure414
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