Leadership
Rick Boucher
Honorary Chairman
Bruce P. Mehlman
Co-Chairman
Jamal Simmons
Co-Chairman
Tracey Sawicki
Executive Director
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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Australia, New Zealand and Spain Household Adoption Rates
Australia, New Zealand and Spain have household adoption rates for fixed telephone service at 97%.
According to Sascha Meinrath, Director of the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Initiative, “The U.S., with $7.2 billion, is spending about $24 per capita and Australia is spending $1,400 per capita.”
According to Sascha Meinrath, Director of the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Initiative, “The U.S., with $7.2 billion, is spending about $24 per capita and Australia is spending $1,400 per capita.”
The Australian government’s recently announced that it plans to upgrade its broadband infrastructure to deliver up to 100 Mbps to 90 percent of homes and offices in Australia. Remote and sparsely populated regions of that country will receive wireless broadband service with speeds up to 12 Mbps.