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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.

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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.

Research Area: Consumer Benefits

Tags: benefits, library, public libraries, debt, finances

Becker, Samantha, Michael D. Crandall, Karen E. Fisher, Bo Kinney,Carol Landry, and Anita Rocha. (2010). Opportunity for All: How the American Public Benefits from Internet Access at U.S. Libraries. (IMLS-2010-RES-01). Institute of Museum and Library Services.Washington, D.C.
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