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Internet connections in the United States are largely provided by the private sector and are available in a variety of forms, using a variety of technologies, at a wide range of speeds and costs. In 2000, a majority of U.S. households had at least one personal computer and internet access the following year. [1]
Below is a sortable list of countries by number of Internet users as of 2024. Internet users are defined as persons who accessed the Internet in the last 12 months from any device, including mobile phones. [Note 1] Percentage is the percentage of a country's population that are Internet users. Estimates are derived either from household surveys ...
Fixed-broadband access refers to high-speed fixed (wired) access to the public Internet at downstream speeds equal to, or greater than, 256 kbit/s. This includes satellite Internet access, cable modem, DSL, fibre-to-the-home/building, and other fixed (wired) broadband subscriptions. The totals are measured irrespective of the method of payment.
Fortunately, the private sector is expanding access to broadband on its own: This year, the FCC raised the standard for which it considers "broadband" to 100 Mbps download speeds and 20 Mbps ...
In 2008, the FCC approved a broadband mapping plan which would examine availability by speed and "provide a more granular look at where broadband is available," according to a report in The Washington Post. [1] The Broadband Data Improvement Act was introduced by Senator Daniel Inouye in 2007 and became law on October 10, 2008. [3]
According to an Associated Press analysis of enrollment and census data, less than than 40% of eligible households have utilized the program, which provides monthly subsidies of $30, and in some ...
Last month, a trade group said Americans used just over 100 trillion megabytes of wireless data in 2023, up 36% from the prior year, the largest single-year increase in wireless data consumption.
Propensity scores for sample inclusion are estimated using a logistic regression. The predictors in the propensity score model include the demographics described above (age, race, gender, and education) plus marital status, number of children, household ownership, frequency of internet use, interest in politics, and past voting behavior.