Home Broadband Service Generates Consumer Benefits
Home broadband service generates consumer benefits of some $30 billion per-year.
Study Shows Increase in Broadband Penetration Is Accompanied By an Increase in Employment
A 2007 Brookings Institution study estimated that every one percentage-point increase in broadband penetration is accompanied by an increase in employment of 0.2 percent to 0.3 percent per year.
The FCC Says Broadband Is Changing Education, Communication And Entertainment
The FCC notes, “Broadband is changing how we communicate with each other, how we educate our children, and how we entertain ourselves.”
Society Can Benefit From ‘Digital Citizenship’
“Digital citizenship” or the capacity to use information technology, “enables individuals to participate more fully in society.”
Many people in the current economy using public library computers and Internet connections to seek employment
Many people in the current economy are using public library computers and Internet connections seek employment or engage in other uses related to seeking employment, including learning about starting a business.
61% of users surveyed who used library computers for employment purposes carry out work-related research.
61% of users surveyed who used library computers for employment purposes carry out work-related research.
Internet users have easier social life, stronger awareness of important current affairs and higher self confidence.
Studies show that “Internet users reported an easier social life than non-users, and a stronger awareness of important current affairs. They also tended to have higher self confidence than non-users.”
74% surveyed use library computers and Internet resources to learn about reducing or better managing their debt.
74% of those surveyed used the library computers and Internet resources to learn about getting out of debt (2.1 million people) and used the information they found through the library’s online services to reduce or better manage their debt.
46% of employed users surveyed used library computers to work on their resumes.
46% of employed users surveyed used library computers to work on their resumes.
68% of users surveyed who searched for a job submitted an application online.
68% of users surveyed who searched for a job submitted an application online.