Welcome to Our New Digs

By Brad

Today marks the official re-launching of the Internet Innovation Alliance website. Along with a new look, we’ve added a number of features to the site, including this here blog called The Podium.

But the most exciting addition is IIA’s new “Broadband Fact Book,” a comprehensive resource featuring hundreds of broadband facts and statistics. Those facts and statistics have been culled from over 60 broadband and technology studies published over the past two years. Broken up into eleven research areas—Broadband Adoption, Broadband Traffic, Economy, Education, Energy, Environment, Health Care, Network Infrastructure, Poverty, Telework, and Other—the Fact Book can be your go-to spot for news and information on all things broadband.

Here’s are just a few of the facts you’ll find:

• (Environment) eCommerce generates 36% less conventional air pollutants than conventional shopping — American Consumer Institute, 2007.

• (Economy) A 7% increase in broadband adoption could result in $92 billion through 2.4 million jobs created or saved annually. — Connected Nation, 2008.

• (Health Care) Broadband-based remote monitoring for all chronically ill patients could reduce hospital, outpatient, and drug expenses by 30% — reducing overall health care expenses for the U.S. by roughly 25%, or about $350 billion annually. — Robert E. Litan

The IIA Broadband Fact Book will be a constantly evolving database of facts and statistics. Go ahead and click around. You’re sure to learn something. And if you’re interested in contributing to it, you can do so here.