Larry F. Darby Joseph P. Fuhr Jr. “Innovation” has emerged as a pivotal element in the debate over whetherthe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should impose newconstraints on managers…
The Federal Communications Commission’s October-November 2009 survey finds that nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of American adults use high-speed Internet connections to go online from home. The FCC conducted…
Total subscribership by technology – High-speed Internet access connections to homes and businesses over fixed-location technologies increased by 10% during 2008, to 77 million. By contrast, the annual…
During the first decade of the 21st Century, U.S. broadband Internet connectivity by households has increased dramatically as its importance to our economy and way of life has…
More than 75% of Americans, across racial and ethnic groups, now use the Internet on a regular basis. Seventy-nine percent of Whites, 69% of African Americans, 59% of…
This study addresses some unexplored investment and job impact implications of new Net Neutrality regulations recently proposed by the Federal Communications Commission. The rationale for doing so has…
The Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA) offers this submission in response to your Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) issued on October 22, 2009. IIA is a broad-based coalition…
From 2006 to 2008, internet use among Latino adults rose by 10 percentage points, from 54% to 64%. In comparison, the rates for whites rose four percentage points,…
Digital infrastructure, specifically broadband, supports jobs both within the broadband industry and throughout the economy. If capital expenditure falls, either through unfavorable market conditions or regulatory or other…
The “digital divide” is a term that has been used to characterize a gap between “information haves and have-nots,” or in other words, between those Americans who use…
Dear Chairman Genachowski, Commissioners Copps and McDowell and Mr. Levin: The Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA) would like to thank you for considering our earlier comments regarding the development…
Sometime in June we’ll see the start of a nationwide mad dash for $7.2 billion that is the down payment on a U.S. national broadband strategy. Expect this…
