- From: John M Slatin <john_slatin@austin.utexas.edu>
- Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:23:06 -0600
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
US government report on the spread of broadband Internet access in the US between 2001 and 2003. Figures on people with disabilities appear in a table in the Appendix (the only place where pwd's are mentioned). The figures are pretty dismal, especially for people of working age who are not in the labor force-- still a significant majority of pwd's. John "Good design is accessible design." John Slatin, Ph.D. Director, Accessibility Institute University of Texas at Austin FAC 248C 1 University Station G9600 Austin, TX 78712 ph 512-495-4288, f 512-495-4524 email jslatin@mail.utexas.edu web http://www.utexas.edu/research/accessibility/ -----Original Message----- From: peso-wg-bounces+john_slatin=austin.utexas.edu@lists.state.tx.us [mailto:peso-wg-bounces+john_slatin=austin.utexas.edu@lists.state.tx.us] On Behalf Of Jerry Johnson Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 8:53 am To: peso-wg@lists.state.tx.us Subject: [peso-wg] A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has just released the sixth report examining the use of computers, the Internet, and other information technology tools by the American people. Some of the findings include: The proportion of U.S. households with broadband Internet connections more than doubled from 9.1 percent in September 2001 to 19.9 percent in October 2003. In 2001, two-thirds of broadband households used cable modem service (66.4 percent). By October 2003, cable modem households dropped to 56.4 percent and 43.6 percent of broadband households were using other types of connections. A lower percentage of Internet households have broadband connections in rural areas (24.7 percent) than in urban areas (40.4 percent). Rural households with dial-up connections are significantly more likely than their urban counterparts to list "Not Available" as the reason they do not have a higher speed Internet connection (22.1 percent to 4.7 percent, respectively). The full report is available as follows: In html http://www.ntia.doc.gov/reports/anol/NationOnlineBroadband04.htm In Word http://www.ntia.doc.gov/reports/anol/NationOnlineBroadband04.doc In pdf http://www.ntia.doc.gov/reports/anol/NationOnlineBroadband04.pdf Cheers - Jerry _______________________________________________ peso-wg mailing list peso-wg@lists.state.tx.us http://lists.state.tx.us/mailman/listinfo/peso-wg
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