Adoption is 'Central Remaining Challenge' in U.S. Broadband Policy: ITIF
The U.S. fixed and mobile broadband markets are "competitive" and the "central remaining challenge" is broadband adoption, said the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation's Jessica Dine and Joe Kane in a new report Monday. Promoting adoption "means a better explanation…
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of the benefits and importance of the Internet, widespread education in digital literacy, and better access to both affordable internet plans and the necessary technology," the authors wrote. The report said about 98% of Americans have access to a fixed connection, but only 62% of households subscribe to a connection of at least 25/3 Mbps "despite its wider availability." The report "not only highlights the state of the Internet ecosystem but also the many complexities and shortcomings with data used to evaluate it," Kane said: "That’s why it’s important to steer clear of a myopic focus on a single dataset or aspect of the broadband."