For any community, technology must be valued not for only the information it carries, but for the quality of the relationships that it helps to build. The quality of life in rural communities has been and will be the main reason people choose to live there. Telecommunications can enhance economic development without changing the rural quality of life .
Telecommunications has the potential to change the dynamics of communication on many levels.
In the past, barriers related to bandwidth, cost, and distance have limited the use of communications technologies. Only the most commercially viable applications exploited these technologies. As these barriers become less significant, more and more users will share in these resources, changing the way people communicate and pursue their goals. Users will structure networks within this new paradigm in a variety of ways. Communities making investments in telecommunications technology need to make decisions within an environment where information is abundant and their decision-making incorporates the value added of timely and accurate information.