Resources

Studies

• Americans Living with Disability and Their Technology

Broadband Use & Absorption

• Exploring the Digital Divide: Computer and Internet Use at Home
• Home Broadband (2010)
• National Minority Broadband Adoption (2010)

Digital Goods Taxation

• Digital Goods: Simplifying Lives, Complicating Taxes
• No Improved Visibility for Cloud Computing Taxation
• Virtual Chaos Two States Log In to the Online Gaming Arena

Wireless Services Taxation

• The Social Cost of Wireless Taxation: Wireless Taxation and its Consequences for Minorities and the Poor

Mobile Broadband

• Ten Facts About Mobile Broadband (2011)
• The Employment Effect of Advances in Internet and Wireless Technology: Evaluating the Transitions from 2G to 3G and from 3G to 4G (Jan, 2012)

Reference

• United States Spectrum (Frequency) Allocations (Aug, 2011)

Papers

• Does Place Really Matter? Broadband Availability, Race and Income
• Winning the Future: A Policy Framework for Empowering Women with Broadband
• A Growing Burden: Taxes and Fees on Wireless Service
• Pennsylvania Sales and Use Tax Implications of Online Digital Marketplaces

Articles

• Cheap Broadband PC’s aimed at low-income families
• The Online Job Search: Opportunities and Challenges for Minorities
• Telecom Deregulation Efforts Are Paying Off In Florida
• Black Female Leads Fight
• High Taxes Hurt Poor Floridians Most
• Communications Competition Benefits Consumers
• Telephone tax is overdue for reform

Programs and Initiatives

• Internet Essentials Program
• National Broadband Plan: Connecting America
• Federal Communications Commission – Broadband
• Broadband for America
• One Economy
• National Broadband Map
• National Telecommunications and Information Administration
• Digital Resources and Collaboration

Newsletter

• First Quarter (2007)
• Second Quarter (2007)

Press Releases

• FCC & “CONNECT TO COMPETE” TACKLE BARRIERS TO BROADBAND ADOPTION
• Comcast Introduces Internet Essentials Program
• Modernization of Telecom Laws in Florida Will Help Consumers
• Black Family Activist Says High Taxes Hurt Poor Floridians Most
• Dr. Vera McIntyre’s Statement Commending the FCC