[Air-l] american internet penetration stats?

[Frank Thomas]

Andy,
it depends on what Nancy looks for. The ITU provides the provider view, 
the supply-side, the technology side. If Nancy wants to have a look on 
usage, or the demand side,  the value of the ITU numbers is "somewhat" 
limited. The number of telephone main lines or of hosts does not predict 
social usage.

Regards
F. Thomas

Chadwick Andrew wrote:
> Hi Nancy,
>
> It's probably better to use the ITU data as the definitive source; they
> are the only official global repository. They rely on the national
> sources, but try to be consistent and rigorous in the way they clean the
> data. They have a complete set for the US for every year back to 1995.
> Look for the latest Statistics Yearbook on their website - a goldmine!
>
> Yours,
>
> Andy
>
> ---------------------------------
> Dr Andrew Chadwick,
> Senior Lecturer in Political Science,
> Head of Department,
> Department of Politics & International Relations, 
> Royal Holloway College, 
> University of London, 
> http://www.rhul.ac.uk/politics-and-IR
> http://www.andrewchadwick.com
>
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org 
>> [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Nancy Baym
>> Sent: 08 September 2006 16:19
>> To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
>> Subject: Re: [Air-l] american internet penetration stats?
>>
>> Also I do want to mention the Pew chart on American internet 
>> adoption at this page:
>>
>> http://www.pewinternet.org/trends.asp
>>
>> Nancy
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