The Internet Innovation Alliance is a broad-based coalition of business and non-profit organizations that aim to ensure every American, regardless of race, income or geography, has access to the critical tool that is broadband Internet. The IIA seeks to promote public policies that support equal opportunity for universal broadband availability and adoption so that everyone, everywhere can seize the benefits of the Internet - from education to health care, employment to community building, civic engagement and beyond.
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Tuesday, October 13
Mobile wireless carriers employ more than 268,000 people, a figure that has grown an annual average of 6% for the past four years.
— James K. Glassman, “Uncle Sam Should Leave Wireless Companies Alone,” Forbes.com. July 16, 2009.
Monday, October 05
The federal government actually has set aside $350 million for mapping out national broadband coverage. However, this mapping isn’t expected to be complete until 2011 - long after the broadband funds will have been spent.
Luc Ceuppens, “The “Digital Divide” Is An Opportunity For Those With Vision,” Technological Reparation [blog]. August 26, 2009.
Monday, September 28
The Rural Health Care Pilot Program provides funding for the construction of state or regional broadband networks and for the advancement telecommunications and information services provided over those networks for health care providers. 67 projects, serving 6,000 health care facilities, in 42 states are eligible for the program.
Copps, Michael J. “Bringing Broadband to Rural America.” Federal Communications Commission. Washington, D.C. May 22, 2009.
Sunday, September 20
Approximately 136 million people in the U.S. watched online videos in July, a 14% increase from the year-earlier period, according to Nielsen Co.
Sam Schechner, “Cable Firm, Partners to Test TV on the Web,” Wall Street Journal. August 27, 2009.
Monday, September 14
According to Susannah Fox of the Pew Internet Project, growth in broadband adoption at home has increased from just 3% of Americans in 2000 to 63% as of April 2009.
John Horrigan, “Broadband Adoption Barriers,” Blogband [FCC Blog]. August 25, 2009.
Tuesday, September 08
Today, there are 270 million mobile wireless customers — up from 100 million eight years ago. They used 2.2 trillion wireless minutes last year — 10 times as many as in 2000.
James K. Glassman, “Uncle Sam Should Leave Wireless Companies Alone,” Forbes.com. July 16, 2009.
Monday, August 31
After continual and powerful 3G upgrades, fourth generation (4G) wireless, based on the Long Term Evolution standard, and Wi-Max deployments will boost mobile bandwidth at least another 20-fold beginning in 2012.
Swanson, Bret. “Bandwidth Boom: Measuring U.S. Communications Capacity from 2000 to 2008.” Entropy Economics, June 24, 2009.
Monday, August 24
If only 10 percent more of the workforce regularly teleworked - roughly a doubling of today’s percentage - greenhouse gas emissions would be reduced each year by an additional 42.4 million tons of carbon dioxide, as well as 2.6 million tons of other pollutants.
Rintels, Jonathan. “An Action Plan for America: Using Technology and Innovation to Address our Nation’s Critical Challenges.” The Benton Foundation. 2008.
Monday, August 17
The number of U.S. subscribers with broadband access on their smartphones and other devices has grown from 3 million in 2006 to 73 million in 2008.
Grant Gross, “US Broadband Ranking: Does it Matter?” NYTimes.com. June 5, 2009.
Monday, August 10
Using a remote monitoring system with high-resolution video and real time data on patient vitals, one doctor is able to treat multiple patients in the ICU at once. Using this type of medicine at Johns Hopkins “cut ICU deaths by 50% and saved 90 lives annually.
Fuhr, Joseph P. Jr. Broadband Services: Economic and Environmental Benefits. American Consumer Institute. October 2007.
Monday, August 03
Close to 50% of “smart phones” now have Wi-Fi, in addition to fast access over mobile phone networks.
Swanson, Bret. “Bandwidth Boom: Measuring U.S. Communications Capacity from 2000 to 2008.” Entropy Economics, June 24, 2009.
Monday, July 27
Telehealth can save money and improve quality of life and quality of care. In Pennsylvania, diabetic patients using a remote home monitoring system averaged hospitalization costs of $87,000, versus $232,000 for members of a control group who received only traditional in-person nurse visits.
Rintels, Jonathan. “An Action Plan for America: Using Technology and Innovation to Address our Nation’s Critical Challenges.” The Benton Foundation. 2008
Monday, July 20
The number of U.S. subscribers with broadband access on their smartphones and other devices has grown from 3 million in 2006 to 73 million in 2008.
Grant Gross, “US Broadband Ranking: Does it Matter?” NYTimes.com. June 5, 2009.
Monday, July 13
Among households with an annual income of $50,000 or less—about half of the country—only 35% have broadband service.
Households with annual incomes above $50,000 are more than twice as likely to have broadband service.“Bringing Broadband to the Urban Poor,” BusinessWeek, December 31, 2008
Monday, July 06
30 percent of US consumers view their broadband connection as the service they are ‘least likely to cut if forced to trim their spending during the current economic downturn.’ [Household Telecom Spending and the Economic Crisis: A Consumer Survey, conducted by Pike & Fischer]
— Sean Buckley, “Leggo my broadband line!” Telecommunications Online. May 13, 2009.
Monday, June 29
Between 2000 and 2008, residential broadband subscribers grew to 80 million from 5 million. Adding to this expansion of connected households was a substantial increase in the quality, robustness, and speed of the broadband connections themselves.
Swanson, Bret. “Bandwidth Boom: Measuring U.S. Communications Capacity from 2000 to 2008.” Entropy Economics, June 24, 2009.
Monday, June 01
From the vantage point of 2008, the 94 percent of U.S. schools with Internet access use almost exclusively broadband connections, but residentially-based broadband in rural areas continues to lag the availability in metropolitan regions.
Robert LaRose et. al., “Closing the Rural Broadband Gap,” Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media, Michigan State University. November 30, 2008.
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Tuesday, May 26
The largest barrier to broadband adoption is a lack of awareness about broadband’s benefits.
Among adults 65 or older, broadband adoption is only 25%. Sixty-three percent of this group says they do not need broadband and 45% do not own a computer.
Connected Nation. The Economic Impact of Stimulating Broadband Nationally. February 2008.
More facts about broadband adoption.
Monday, May 18
A 7% increase in broadband adoption could result in:
- $92 billion through 2.4 million jobs created or saved annually
- $662 million saved per year in reduced health care costs
- $6.4 billion per year in mileage savings from unnecessary driving
- $18 million in carbon credits associated with 3.2 billion fewer lbs of CO2 emissions per year in the U.S.
- $35.2 billion in value from 3.8 billion more hours saved per year from accessing broadband at home
- $134 billion per year in total direct economic impactConnected Nation. “The Economic Impact of Stimulating Broadband Nationally.” February 2008.
More facts about broadband and the economy.
Monday, May 11
Roughly one-third of households in rural America cannot subscribe to broadband Internet services at any price.
Peha, Jon M. “Bringing Broadband to Unserved Communities.” Part of The Hamilton Project, Advancing Opportunity, Prosperity and Growth. (Washington DC: The Brookings Institution). May, 2008.
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