[Air-l] US city and/or county internet penetration

[Amelia Kassel]

The FCC publishes a number of reports about High-Speed Services for Internet
Access that provide summary statistics.  Perhaps a report at this site would
provide some useful information  One press release dated January 21, 2007
[http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-270135A1.pdf]
announced a new report.  Two paragraphs below are from a section on
Geographic Coverage:

"As a nationwide average, we estimate that high-speed DSL connections were
available to 79% of the households to whom incumbent LECs could provide
local telephone service as of June 30, 2006, and that high-speed cable modem
service was available to 93% of the households to whom cable system
operators could provide cable TV service."

"Providers list the Zip Codes in which they have at least one high-speed
connection in service to an end user, and 99% of Zip Codes were listed by at
least one provider. Our analysis indicates that more than 99% of the
nation's population lives in those Zip Codes. The most widely reported
technologies by this measure were satellite (with at least some presence
reported in 90% of Zip Codes), ADSL (in 82% of Zip Codes), and cable modem
(in 64% of Zip Codes). ADSL and/or cable modem connections were reported to
be present in 88% of Zip Codes."

The press release also says:  "The summary statistics...also include
state-by-state information, and population density and household income
information ranked by Zip Codes. As additional information becomes
available, it will be posted on the Commission's Internet site. The report
is available for reference in the FCC's Reference Information Center,
Courtyard Level, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC. Copies may be
purchased by calling Best Copy and Printing, Inc. at (800) 378-3160. The
report can also be downloaded from the Wireline Competition Bureau
Statistical Reports Internet site at www.fcc.gov/wcb/stats.
- FCC -, Wireline Competition Bureau contacts: James Eisner and Suzanne
Mendez at (202) 418-0940, TTY (202) 418-0484."

Amelia
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[mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Chadwick Andrew
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 6:02 AM
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Subject: [Air-l] US city and/or county internet penetration

Hello,

Do any list members have ideas about where I might find up to date
statistics on Internet penetration at the City and/or County level in
the US. I've found some Netratings stories on broadband adoption from
2004, but that's all. I've been looking for ages and can't find anything
else.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Andy

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