A new report detailing how government policies have been partially
responsible for widespread broadband Internet service adoption in America has been released by the White House. Frankly, I think advances in technology, lower prices, and a more comptetive marketplace are far more responsible then any government policies.
While overall broadband adoption has been widespread, critics charge the report is based on flawed data and does not accurately depict the true state of broadband usage, one where rural and low-income communities only have one choice for broadband Internet service, when they can get service at all. New technologies and local government relegations are changing that problem. For example, in New Jersey, Verizon was forced to bring FiOS Internet service to many low income areas in order to get approval to being offering the service in the state at all.
The report stated that since 2000, the total number of broadband lines in the United States has multiplied more then 12 times from almost 6.8 million lines to 82.5 million in December 2006.
The report also says that number of broadband ISPs has more then tripled from December 2003 to December 2006, and that home broadband Internet adoption has increased from 9.1 percent of households in September 2001 to 50.8 percent in October 2007.
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