Some 70% of American adults have a high-speed broadband connection at home; an additional 10% of Americans lack home broadband but do own a smartphone. And 20% of Americans have neither a home broadband connection nor a smartphone. Trends and demographic differences in home broadband […]
Researchers and policymakers recognize that availability and use of high-speed Internet services – a range of connection technologies collectively known as broadband – are essential to economic growth. The United States has made considerable progress towards ubiquitous broadband access, with more than 93 percent of […]
This Broadband Adoption Toolkit draws on the experiences of the recipients of grants from the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). To date, the efforts of BTOP grant recipients have added hundreds of thousands of new broadband subscribers and, in the process, have yielded invaluable lessons […]
This report on the availability of broadband, authored by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), is the first in a series of Broadband Briefs that uses publicly available data collected by the Department of Commerce to examine broadband availability in greater detail. The U.S. […]
THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM Washington, D.C. Wednesday, January 16, 2013 Introduction and Moderator: DARRELL WEST, Moderator Vice President and Director, Governance Studies The Brookings Institution Keynote Speaker: LAWRENCE E. STRICKLING Administrator, NTIA Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, U.S. Department of Commerce
The California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) was established in 2005 as a nonprofit corporation by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to advance the adoption and usage of broadband technology in underserved communities across the state of California. CETF aims to close the digital divide […]
While increased internet adoption and the rise of mobile connectivity have reduced many gaps in technology access over the past decade, for some groups digital disparities still remain When the Pew Internet Project first began writing about the role of the internet in American life […]
Broadband has become a key priority of the 21st Century, and I believe its transformative power as an enabler for economic and social growth makes it an essential tool for empowering people, creating an environment that nurtures the technological and service innovation, and triggering positive […]
This report updates and expands last year’s report, Exploring the Digital Nation: Home Broadband Internet Adoption in the United States, based on data from the Census Bureau’s most recent Current Population Survey (CPS) School Enrollment and Internet Use Supplement. The report also provides additional information […]
A Summary of Broadband Availability and Adoption in California as of June 30, 2011 Examination of FCC Form 477 broadband subscription data as of June 30, 2011 yields engaging information about the spatial and demographic patterns of Broadband Internet adoption rates in California. Statewide, an […]
CETF provides leadership statewide to close the “Digital Divide” by accelerating the deployment and adoption of broadband to unserved and underserved communities and populations.
