超越数字宽带速度:不列颠哥伦比亚省农村地区的互联网连接作为基本需求的经验
Kathy L Rush1, Cherisse L Seaton1, Angeliki-Iliana Louloudi1
1School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
PloS one
|September 8, 2025
概括
农村居民,无论高速互联网接入,都对数字连接的好处有着相似的看法. 然而,那些没有高速互联网的人经历了更多的挫折和断开连接,尽管使用频率相似.
科学领域:
- 数字化包容性的数字化包容
- 农村社会学 农村社会学
- 信息和通信技术 (ICT) 访问权限
背景情况:
- 加拿大的农村地区的高速互联网接入比城市地区要少.
- 政府的目标是到2027年为所有不列颠哥伦比亚人提供高速互联网.
- 农村地区数字连接体验的差异仍未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 检查不列颠哥伦比亚农村地区的数字连接体验.
- 为了比较那些有和没有家庭高速互联网接入的人之间的经验.
主要方法:
- 从2023年10月到2024年4月进行的跨部门调查.
- 通过封闭式和开放式问题收集有关数字技术获取和使用的数据.
- 调查了加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省的农村居民.
主要成果:
- 461名BC农村居民完成了调查 (47%有高速互联网).
- 那些没有高速互联网的人比较老,比较偏远,使用的设备更少,并且报告了更多的挫折感.
- 尽管存在差异,但两组人都感觉到连接的好处,并经历了断开连接,在没有高速互联网的人群中,流量较少.
结论:
- 农村居民,无论宽带速度如何,在他们的数字体验中,报告的相似之处多于差异.
- 共同的主题包括连接的感知好处和广泛的断开连接.
- 报告指出,人们对高速连接的期望与现实存在差异.
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