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Access to broadband telecommunication infrastructure is equally important for rural and urban areas. In
urban areas market forces ensures access to a number of service providers. In many rural areas this is
not the case. Local actors need to develop their own infrastructure. This paper explores the relevance of
an American model for infrastructure development in a rural Norwegian context, and how local
stakeholders have promoted development of broadband access in the Sogn og Fjordane region over the
last 10 years. We examine different stages in development processes and the reflexive nature of the
process to create sustainable broadband coverage. Our conclusion is that the model is relevant and
applicable in our context and the model seems to be a relevant and a useful references model both for the
local entrepreneurs on how to proceed, and to local and regional authorities and the business community
that might be asked for contributions. The model describes a path of development that allows local and
regional initiative to aggregate and grow. The nature of the development is reflexive involving learning
from past experience and taking in global change forces. Our suggestion is that in order to ensure
implementation of broadband infrastructure in rural regions, there need to be a reflexive process between
the involved actors. In planning the initiative it is important to have a reflexive plan, taking in local
context, local feedback and learning and global change forces.

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