Broadband

A new website lets users weigh in on their broadband experience

With environmentally friendly solutions a hot topic, switching to broadband could be one of the easiest ways for you to reduce emissions, according to a new report.

Half of all Americans now have broadband at home, according to the Pew Internet Project's September 2007 survey, marking the first time that as many as 50% of respondents say they have high-speed internet connections at home. This milestone in broad...

Imperfect or absent data are rarely mentioned in policy discussions. Yet the communications policy debate in the United States today is inseparable from debates about the data used to make claims about policy propositions. Policymakers are beginning ...

The impacts of high-speed connections extend beyond access to information to active participation in the online commons

Grumpy Broadband Users Call into WYPR's Marc Steiner Show

When you look at the data on Americans without broadband at home, it suggests it will take time to get these holdouts off the digital sidelines.

This presentation contains charts on trends in home broadband adoption, focusing on the 2005 to 2007 timeframe.

47% of adults have high-speed internet connections at home as of early March 2007, up five percentage points from a year earlier.

This presentation was made at the OECD's Workshop entitled: "The economic and social impacts of broadband communications: From ICT measurement to policy implications."