x close

Because every American
should have access
to broadband Internet.

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.

What is IIA?

Library

factbook

Broadband Fact Book

Here you'll find convenient research items culled from the best broadband data sources. If you need to find bite-sized talking points on a tight deadline, you're in the right place. We've already done the hard part for you!

Research Areas

Top Tags

Complete Fact Book

View and print the complete IIA Broadband Fact Book

print this page

Facts tagged with Online Business

E-commerce companies, as well as those that deliver the physical goods, were the major employers of all internet-supported employees, with more than 500,000 of the 1.2 million jobs.

Internet service providers followed at 181,000. Content-related employment was estimated at nearly 60,000, and software as a service, 31,500.

Research Area: Economy

Tags: economy, jobs, job creation, online business

James Thibodeau, “Study: Internet economy has created 1.2M jobs,” ComputerWorld. June 10, 2009.
Entry 1883 | Permalink | Download study

There are more than 20,000 Internet-related small businesses in the U.S. that provide a variety of services such as web hosting, ISP services, web design, publishing, and Internet-based software consulting.

Many of these businesses have 10 or fewer employees.

Research Area: Economy

Tags: economy, telework, small business, online business

“Ad-Supported Internet Contributes $300 Billion to U.S. Economy, Has Created 3.1 Million U.S. Jobs, Confirms Groundbreaking Study,” BusinessWire. June 11, 2009.
Entry 1880 | Permalink | Download study

34% of consumers will not do financial business online.

Research Area: Environment

Tags: environment, consumers, online business

Fuhr, Joseph P. Jr. Broadband Services: Economic and Environmental Benefits. American Consumer Institute. October 2007. (p. 8).
Entry 665 | Permalink | Download study

48% of online adults do not consider it safe to give credit card information over the Internet.

Research Area: Environment

Tags: environment, online business, credit card

Fuhr, Joseph P. Jr. Broadband Services: Economic and Environmental Benefits. American Consumer Institute. October 2007. (p. 8)
Entry 666 | Permalink | Download study
Page 1 of 1 pages

« Back to Fact Book Home