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Connected Tennessee The Trail to Innovation SEATOA Conference State Broadband Mapping – How Useful Are the Data? March 21, 2013. Let’s Dance!. About Connected Tennessee. Launched in 2007 as public-private partnership Independent, not-for-profit organization
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Connected Tennessee The Trail to Innovation SEATOA Conference State Broadband Mapping – How Useful Are the Data? March 21, 2013
About Connected Tennessee • Launched in 2007 as public-private partnership • Independent, not-for-profit organization • Platform neutral, provider neutral • Technology expansion through informed action • Statewide broadband mapping since 2007 • Residential & business research into adoption & use • Computers 4 Kids Program enables technology for disadvantaged youth • “Connected” community technology certification program
Along the Way… • Enlistment of over 2,700 broadband champions statewide • Facilitated strategic technology plans for all 95 counties • Generated over 11,000 individual broadband inquiries • Gathered data on 6,090 Community Anchor Institutions (schools, libraries, hospitals, etc.) • Donated over 4,300 new computers to disadvantaged TN youth • Placed 160 new printers in TN Boys & Girls Clubs • Enabled digital literacy training for over 90,000 Boys & Girls Club Youth
The Three Pillars of the Broadband Landscape Is the infrastructure here? ACCESS • ADOPTION Do residents and institutions adopt the technology? • USE Are residents and institutions using technology to improve the quality of life?
Where We’ve Come Is the infrastructure here? ACCESS
Broadband Adoption in Tennessee • ADOPTION Do residents and institutions adopt the technology?
State and National Trends inHome Broadband Adoption Home broadband adoption rates 2008 - 2010 From 2008 to 2010, Tennessee experienced a 19% growth rate in broadband adoption compared to a national average growth rate of 9%. *2008 national data source: Pew Internet and American Life Project, Home Broadband 2008, released 6/2/2008.**2010 national data source: Pew Internet and American Life Project, Internet, Broadband, and Cell Phone Statistics, released 1/5/2010.State data source: 2008 and 2010 Connected Tennessee® Residential Technology Assessments Q: Which of the following describe the type of Internet service you have at home? (n=1,200 TN adults in 2008 and n=1,213 TN adults in 2010) 12
How Useful Are the Data? • USE Are residents and institutions using technology to improve the quality of life?
Thank You! Corey Johns Executive Director (615) 242-9508 CJohns@ConnectedTN.org Facebook: Connected Tennessee Twitter: @ConnectedTN @ConnectedNation