National broadband deployment and the digital divide : progress and issues /
Sylvia Vargas, editor.
- New York : Nova Publishers, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource.
- Internet theory, technology and applications .
Includes bibliographies and index.
NATIONAL BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT AND THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: PROGRESS AND ISSUES; NATIONAL BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT AND THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: PROGRESS AND ISSUES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: 2015 Broadband Progress Report and Notice of Inquiry on Immediate Action to Accelerate Deployment; Table of Contents; I. Introduction; II. Background; A. Statutory Requirements and Context; B. Previous Broadband Progress Reports; C. Private Investment; D. Commission Action Since the Last Report; E. Other Federal Efforts. III. Defining "Advanced Telecommunications Capability"A. Relevant Factors in General; B. Speed Factor; 1. Providers Offering Higher Speeds; 2. Speeds Required to Use High-Quality Applications; Common Applications; Common Usage Patterns; 3. Consumers Adopt Higher Speeds When They Have the Option; 4. "Advanced Telecommunications Capability" Requires 25 Mbps/3 Mbps for Consumers; 5. "Advanced Telecommunications Capability" for Elementary and Secondary Schools and Classrooms Requires at Least 100 Mbps and, Longer-Term, 1 Gbps; IV. Broadband Deployment and Availability. A. Our Statutory Inquiry Looks Beyond Physical DeploymentB. Technology and Data Sources; 1. Fixed Services; 2. Mobile Services; 3. Satellite Services; 4. Elementary and Secondary Schools and Classrooms; C. Fixed Broadband Deployment and Availability; 1. Physical Deployment; a. Americans without Access to Fixed 25 Mbps/3 Mbps Broadband Service; born National Map of Fixed 25 Mbps/3 Mbps Broadband Service; c. Tribal Lands without Access to Fixed 25 Mbps/3 Mbps Broadband Service; d. U.S. Territories without Access to Fixed 25 Mbps/3 Mbps Broadband Service. E. Competitive Options for Residential Fixed Servicesf. Americans without Access to Fixed Broadband at 25 Mbps/3 Mbps: December 2011 to December 2013; (i) Trends in the United States, Urban, and Rural Areas; (ii) Trends on Tribal Lands; (iii) Trends in the U.S. Territories; g. Demographic Analysis of the Areas without Physical Deployment of Fixed Broadband at 25 Mbps/3 Mbps; 2. Fixed Broadband Adoption; a. Current Fixed Broadband Adoption Estimates; born Fixed Adoption Trends: December 2011 to December 2013; c. Demographic Analysis of Adoption Rates for Fixed Services. D. Other Information Regarding Fixed Broadband Adoption3. Other Indicators of Availability of Fixed Broadband to All Americans; D. Mobile Deployment and Availability Estimates; 1. Physical Deployment; a. National Map of Mobile 10 Mbps/768 kbps Service; born Americans without Access to Mobile Services: December 2011 to December 2013; 2. Availability of Mobile Broadband to All Americans; E. Americans without Access to Fixed 25 Mbps/3 Mbps and Mobile 10 Mbps/768 kbps Service; F. Satellite Deployment and Availability Estimates; G. Elementary and Secondary Schools without Access to Fiber.
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 or have access to telecommunications and information technologies and those who do not. One important subset of the digital divide debate concerns high-speed Internet access and advanced telecommunications services, also known as broadband. Today, Americans turn to broadband Internet access service for every facet of daily life, from finding a job to finding a doctor, from connecting with family to making new friends, from bec.