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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DSL Most Common Method of Accessing the Internet for U.S. Farms
DSL is the common method of accessing the Internet, with 38 percent of U.S. farms using it, up from 36 percent in 2009.
Wireless and Satellite Primary Methods for Internet Access among U.S. Farms
Dialup access from 23 percent in 2009 to 12 percent in 2011. Satellite and wireless were each reported as the primary Internet access methods in 15 and 20 percent of those U.S. farms with Internet access, respectively.
Approximately 40 percent of U.S. Farms Use Computers for Business
In 2011, 37 percent of farms reported using computers, compared to 35 percent in 2007.
U.S. Farms’ Access to Internet on the Rise
A total of 62 percent of U.S. farms now have Internet access, compared to 59 percent in 2009.
55% of suburban residents are very satisfied with their home broadband speeds, compared with 48% of rural broadband users and 45% of urban broadband users.
When asked about home broadband download speed, 55% of suburban residents are very satisfied with their home broadband speeds, compared with 48% of rural broadband users and 45% of urban broadband users.
52% of women are very satisfied with their home broadband speed compared with 48% of men.
When asked about home broadband download speed, 52% of women are very satisfied with their home broadband speed compared with 48% of men.
53% of those living in households with income over $100,000 are very satisfied with their home broadband speed.
When asked about home broadband download speed, 53% of those living in households with income over $100,000 are very satisfied with their home broadband speed.
56% of young adults (between the ages of 18 and 24) are very satisfied with their home connection speed.
When asked about home broadband download speed, 56% of young adults (between the ages of 18 and 24) are very satisfied with their home connection speed.
Lower income broadband users more likely than middle-to-upper income Americans to say they do not know their home connection speed.
Lower income broadband users (those living in households with annual incomes under $30,000 per year) are more likely than middle-to-upper income Americans (those in households with annual income over $75,000) to say they do not know their home connection speed – by an 83% to 77% margin.
87% of African Americans do not know their home connection speed.
When asked about home broadband download speed, 87% of African Americans do not know their home connection speed.