The broadband revolution has the potential to bring West Virginians and our state's communities new opportunities in a number of areas, including learning, health, business, and public safety.

Broadband connectivity can:

• Provide improved health care and home care services as well as access to health care information
• Facilitate greather access and use of online and distance learning
• Improve access to government services
• Enhance economic development and e-business with new broadband connections and web-based applications/services
• Provide enhancements and new capabilities for public safety and emergency alerts/responses
• Improve the ability of citizens to participate in local, regional and national issues of interest
• Connect rural communities and citizens to the vast library of data and information on the World Wide Web
• Offer new cost-effective communications options, such as VOIP (voice over IP) telephony

This area of WVConnectivity.net will provide examples and additional information about how broadband connectivity can benefit a community's overall health, safety and prosperity.