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Media Mention
Linda Wertheimer, NPR
Sep 2, 2009
Mr. ARMSTRONG: [. . .] a recent study was done by the Pew Internet in American Life Project. And it's called the Home Broadband Adoption 2009 study. [. . .] And what they found was that this was the second consecutive year of broadband adoption growt...
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Media Mention
Matthew Lasar, Ars Technica
Sep 1, 2009
Shapiro and Hassett suggest that while the country has made some progress in closing the divide since the Department of Commerce first identified the problem in 1995, this nasty recession we're in has slowed the good news down, at least for the momen...
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Media Mention
Grant Gross, Computerworld
Aug 19, 2009
Broadband providers suggest that less than 10% of U.S. residents don't have access to broadband. But 37% of U.S. adults don't subscribe to broadband, according to a survey released in June by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
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Presentation
Aug 19, 2009Susannah Fox
The goal of this FCC workshop was to assess, and facilitate a conversation about, the current state of data on broadband adoption and utilization, as well as the associated measurement and other challenges. Susannah Fox discussed the Pew Internet Pro...
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More in: Broadband, Health
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Media Mention
Light Reading
Aug 5, 2009
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski today announced the appointment of several senior staffers who will work on the development of a National Broadband Plan as part of the Omnibus Broadband Initiative.
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Media Mention
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
Jun 17, 2009
Broadband adoption is up for everyone in 2009, but it also costs more—especially if you've only got one broadband ISP serving your area. The latest data from the Pew Internet & American Life project shows that Americans are willing to cut down on man...
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Media Mention
Arik Hesseldahl, Business Week
Jun 17, 2009
Recession or no, more Americans are getting online via fast, higher-priced connections, a closely watched study of U.S. Internet use has found. As of April, 63% of U.S. adults had broadband Internet connections in their homes, according to the Pew Re...
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Report
Jun 17, 2009John Horrigan
Broadband adoption increases, but monthly prices do, too.
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More in: Broadband, Mobile, Communities
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Media Mention
Matthew Lasar, Ars Technica
May 28, 2009
Temporary FCC Chair Michael Copps cites Pew Internet Project data in a report on rural broadband development:
The 2008 Farm Bill required the Chair of the FCC to crank out this compendium outlining "a comprehensive rural broadband strategy" that ...
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More in: Broadband, Digital Divide
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Presentation
May 19, 2009John Horrigan
John B. Horrigan will participate on a panel entitled "Scarcity, Diversity, Efficiency: Media Structure Regulation Reconsidered" at the Quello Center's 2009 Communication Law and Policy Symposium. The title for this year's symposium is "Rethinking Me...
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More in: New Media Ecology, Broadband