High speed Internet adoption in Tennessee has grown 16 percent in the last six months, twice that of the rest of the nation, which grew on average 8 percent, according to Connected Tennessee. Additionally, 50 percent of Tennesseans now have high speed Internet at home, and 64 percent of the state's businesses are connected, according to a recent study. Six months ago, just 43 percent of Tennessee residents had high speed at home, and 55 percent of businesses were connected, according to the same study. Read More »
Last year, Speed Matters used thousands of online speed tests from regular Americans across the country to develop a state-by-state report on Internet connection speed. We will be releasing its second annual state-by-state report this summer, and we need as many people as possible to take the speed test. Read More »
With the help of a device about the size a pencil sharpener, students at Hillcrest High School in South Carolina are taking Latin classes from a teacher at Blue Ridge High School, more than 25 miles away. Hillcrest lost its Latin teacher last year, but instead of leaving the students stranded the two schools are using distance-learning technology to connect the classrooms. Read More »
The Children's Partnership has released a new issue brief describing the many ways high speed Internet can benefit children and urging our leaders to enact more effective programs to encourage children's use of technology. Read More »
The Broadband Advisory Council and Connect Arkansas were both formed by the Arkansas Legislature, and are working towards statewide high speed Internet access. Representatives from these organizations as well as state government officials, academics and members of the business community recently came together during the fourth annual Breakthrough Solutions Conference in Little Rock. Read More »
Twenty eight percent of emergency pediatric visits analyzed in a recent study could have been handled by telemedicine, according to Health-e-Access, a Rochester-based telemedicine program. There are a number of benefits to telemedicine, not in the least that emergency visits cost about seven times the cost of a telemedicine visit. Telemedicine is only feasible, however, if both the doctor and the patient have access to high speed Internet. Read More »
Connected Tennessee recently unveiled Computers 4 Kids, a program to distribute computers free of charge to children from low-income families. Read More »
During a meeting of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Senator John Kerry used Massachusetts as an example of the continuing problem of the digital divide. According to Sen. Kerry, only about 46 percent of Massachusetts is connected to high speed Internet which is the fourth best rate in the country. Despite President Bush's promise of universal high speed access by 2007, many communities remain without it. The solution to connecting everyone, according to Kerry, lies in a nationwide plan to ensure the entire country has access to high speed Internet. Read More »
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland spoke about Connect Ohio and the importance of high speed Internet access at a recent event in Columbus. Connect Ohio, a public-private partnership, has been focusing on mapping current coverage as a first step toward extending universal high speed Internet to all Ohioans. Frank Matthews, president of CWA Local 4321 and a member of the Ohio Broadband Council has been working with Connect Ohio on this effort. Check out our video of him discussing the critical role mapping plays in plans for broadband growth and how broadband can be an engine for economic development. Read More »
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) has released a report, "Explaining International Broadband Leadership," which analyzes the reasons the U.S. continues to slip in international high speed Internet rankings -- and what we can do to reverse this troubling trend. Read More »
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