Data on broadband penetration from the Pew Internet & American Life Project is not as optimistic as that from Park Associates. Last week, Park Associates said 42% of US households have broadband access. Pew says that 39% of urban and suburban adults (not households) have broadband at home, compared with 24% of rural adults, for [...]
Archive for February, 2006
Competing Statistics: Pew on Broadband Penetration
Posted: 28 February 2006 by Kathy E. Gill in Economics, Personal Technology, Statistics0
Study: Two Thirds of US Homes Online?
Posted: 26 February 2006 by Kathy E. Gill in Economics, StatisticsAccording to Park Associates, 71 percent of US households have a computer and 42% of US households have broadband access. The report says 7 percent have a computer but are not connected to the Net. THe report concludes that Internet penetration in the U.S. will increase from 63% to 64% in 2006.
Citizen-journalism site gets $11 million investment
Posted: 25 February 2006 by Kathy E. Gill in Convergence, Economics, MediaKorea’s OhMyNews has received an $11-million investment from Tokyo-based Softbank in exchange for 12.95 percent of OhmyNews’ outstanding shares, according to Red Herring. Six-year-old OhMyNews "will use the investment to launch a Japanese news site, the first ‘stepping stone’ of the soon-to-be-formed OhMyNews International." Almost 40,000 citizen reporters write for – and are paid by [...]
