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The Voice of the Innovation Economy Measuring Broadband Program Impacts

The Voice of the Innovation Economy Measuring Broadband Program Impacts. John B. Horrigan, PhD Vice President, Policy Research. Home broadband adoption 2001 -- 2012 (Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project). Percent of Americans with Smartphones. Smartphones & Home Broadband.

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The Voice of the Innovation Economy Measuring Broadband Program Impacts

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  1. The Voice of the Innovation EconomyMeasuring Broadband Program Impacts John B. Horrigan, PhD Vice President, Policy Research

  2. Home broadband adoption 2001 -- 2012 (Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project)

  3. Percent of Americans with Smartphones

  4. Smartphones & Home Broadband • 83% of those with smartphones have home broadband. • Put differently, 23% of those without home broadband have smartphones only. • Adding “smartphone only” adopters to home broadband yields 73% of Americans with either home broadband or smartphone. • But smartphones have: • Variable speed • Data caps

  5. Upshot: Cost of Digital Exclusion Rising • Explosion of mobile connectivity & applications increase power of Internet • Rising expectations: • Any problem can be solved with smart devices! • Lack of connectivity exacerbates economic & cultural isolation

  6. What to do? • Two options: • Nothing • Something

  7. Leveraging Broadband Adoption Infrastructure • Coordination: • National Broadband Clearinghouse to share information & best practice (NBP, rec. 9.13) • How to tether Lifeline reform to BTOP • Assessment: • Focus on program outcomes, not execution • Develop “Big Social Data” for underserved communities

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