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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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Over 36 percent of rural households with dial-up Internet access do not adopt broadband because it is not available in the area.
Sweeping Implications of Broadband Access for Hispanics
Broadband access has extensive implications for Hispanic Americans including closing the gap in health disparities, reducing the digital divide and gaining access to quality education and job opportunities.
24% of broadband users say they “always” receive the promised speed.
When asked if they believe that their connection speed at home is as fast as the provider promises them, 24% of broadband users say they “always” receive the promised speed.
Four out of five home broadband users (80%) say they do not know the speed of their home internet connection.
When asked to specify their home internet connection speed, described as “the download or downstream speed of your connection per second,” the vast majority of home broadband users in the United States cannot identify it.
Users with household incomes below the poverty guidelines had higher odds of using library computers to do homework.
Users with household incomes below the poverty guidelines had higher odds of using library computers to do homework.
One recent study estimated that a seven percentage point increase in broadband adoption “could result in [direct annual income growth of] $92 billion through an additional 2.4 million jobs created or saved annually, $662 million saved per year in reduced healthcare costs…and $134 billion per year in total direct economic impact of accelerating broadband across the United States.”
Asked to name their single top use for the Internet outside of work, 13% of Western European respondents to a GFK poll cited e-commerce, such as shopping on Amazon.com or eBay, compared with 12% of Americans. In the U.K., 26% of respondents named this as their top use for the Web.
According to a new poll conducted by GFK, in Italy, only 39% of respondents said they have access to the Internet for private purposes. That puts Italy in the same league as Romania (36%) and Bulgaria (37%), two formerly communist countries that rank as the EU’s poorest member states.
Asked whether all Internet content should be free, 42% of European respondents to a GFK poll said “yes,” compared with 21% in the U.S. Also, more Americans (57%) than Europeans (40%) said Internet content should be free with the understanding that advertisements and other marketing tools might be included.
According to a new poll conducted by GFK, there are two countries in Europe that stand out for having particularly high Web access: the Netherlands (91%) and Sweden (86%).
