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Monday, February 08
In the U.S., The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) projects that high-speed connections to the home would increase the number of telecommuters to 19 million by 2012. That would save 1.5 billion hours of commute time - and reduce gasoline consumption by 5 percent.
John T. Chambers, “Broadband Speeds Our Economy,” GigaOm, March 3, 2009.
Tuesday, February 02
A single YouTube viewing consumes nearly 100 times as much cellular bandwidth as a voice call.
Holman Jenkins, “The Coming Mobile Meltdown,” Wall Street Journal. October 13, 2009.
Monday, January 25
In 2008, more than $140 billion was spent purchasing goods and services over the Internet.
— Salmon, Matt. “Net Neutrality Threatens the Balance of the Internet.” Washington Examiner 16 Sept. 2009.
Monday, January 18
More than one-fourth of 150 internships posted on UrbanInterns.com, a site that connects small businesses with part-time workers, are labeled virtual, where the work typically involves researching, sales, marketing and social-media development.
Jonnelle Marte, “An Internship From Your Couch,” Wall Street Journal. September 29, 2009.
Tuesday, January 12
Wireless carriers invested $100 billion in just the past three years, and the U.S. vaulted past Europe in fast 3G mobile networks. Americans enjoy mobile voice prices 60% cheaper than foreign peers.
Bret Swanson, “Google and the Problem With ‘Net Neutrality’” Wall Street Journal. October 5, 2009.
Tuesday, January 05
As the Pew Internet and American Life Project recently found, “some 74% of internet users - representing 55% of the adult population - went online in 2008 to get involved in the political process or to get news and information about the election.”
BB4US.net, “Report of the US Broadband Coalition on a National Broadband Strategy,” US Broadband Coalition. September 24, 2009
Monday, December 07
According to Susannah Fox of the Pew Internet Project, 42% of all adults say they or someone they know has been helped by following medical advice or health information found on the internet.
John Horrigan, “Broadband Adoption Barriers,” Blogband [FCC Blog]. August 25, 2009.
Tuesday, December 01
Although 96 percent of California’s residents live in an area with broadband access, most of the people who actually are connected make more than $80,000 a year, while only 58 percent of residents that make less than $40,000 can afford a $60.00 a month broadband package.
Sean Buckley, “California House member proposes discounted broadband service bill,” FierceTelecom. September 25, 2009.
Monday, November 23
30 to 40 million households that have access to broadband connectivity have not taken advantage of it.
— BB4US.net, “Report of the US Broadband Coalition on a National Broadband Strategy,” US Broadband Coalition. September 24, 2009.
Monday, November 16
According to Bernstein Research analyst Craig Moffett, the cable industry is outgrowing the wireless industry. Subscriber growth in the wireless industry over the last 12 months is up 5.3%, but revenue per subscriber is down 1.7%, producing just 3.6% revenue growth. The cable industry, by contrast, grew revenue per sub 4.1% over the same time period and total industry growth was 5.3%.
Eric Savitz, “Cable Vs. Wireless: Guess Which Is Growing Faster?” Barron’s. August 23, 2009.
Monday, November 09
The [Obama] administration says the broadband stimulus program will create 260,000 new jobs and will stimulate the economy by increasing business’ productivity.
David Goldman, “Broadband stimulus bids ‘overwhelming’,” CNNMoney.com. August 18, 2009.
Monday, November 02
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, October 26
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.
Tuesday, October 20
Consumers receive benefits from broadband valued at $32 billion annually.
Mark Dutz, Jonathan Orszag, Robert Willig, “The Substantial Consumer Benefits of Broadband Connectivity for U.S. Households,” CompassLexecon and the Internet Innovation Alliance. July 2009.
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.
Monday, September 21
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.
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