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

Thu Mar 15 10:23:22 PDT 2007

@Dominic, thanks - those are good data but don't show the city and
county breakdown. I'd already found the other page.

@Mary, thanks - some interesting background colour in the Pew report
that I recall from when it first appeared. I noticed Scarborough, but
I'm reluctant to pay. Maybe I'll have to.

@Amelia, thanks. The FCC data seem to be great for state level
comparisons and for zip code comparisons of specific technologies (i.e.
cable) and ISPs, but not user figures. Oh well! Maybe it's only private
market research companies that have these kinds of data. 

Andy

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> [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Amelia Kassel
> Sent: 14 March 2007 15:43
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> Subject: Re: [Air-l] US city and/or county internet penetration
> 
> P.S.  My apologies I didn't provide the url, which is
> http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/iatd/comp.html 
> 
> Amelia
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> [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Amelia Kassel
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 8:33 AM
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> 
> 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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> Independent Information Professionals
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> School of Library and Information Science
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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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