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- Building the Fact Base: The State of Broadband Adoption and Utilization (8/19/09)
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Future Fiber Architectures and Local Deployment Choices (11/19/09)
Research Recommendations for the Broadband Task Force (11/23/09)
Lessons for the National Broadband Plan from Local Officials Representing Under-served Communities (12/9/09)
Global Broadband Connects America and the World: Infrastructure, Services and Applications (12/10/09)
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Workshop: Building the Fact Base: The State of Broadband Adoption and Utilization

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Location & Coordinators

Date: 8/19/09
Time: 9:30 am
Location: Room TW-C305 (Commission Meeting Room)
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street SW
Washington, DC 20554
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Coordinator: Kirk Burgee
Phone: (202) 418-1599

Agenda and Participant Bios

Frequently Asked Questions

The goal of this workshop is to assess, and facilitate a conversation about, the current state of data on broadband adoption and utilization, as well as the associated measurement and other challenges. In order to create an effective National Broadband Plan, the Commission must have an accurate and comprehensive understanding of broadband adoption and utilization. Fundamental to this understanding is an awareness of the data and techniques currently used to measure broadband adoption and utilization. The workshop will explore such topics as what is known about the current state of adoption and utilization of broadband service in general, what factors influence and shape such adoption and utilization and what current trends mean for the future.

Topics

The following are some of the preliminary topics that will be covered at this workshop. If you would like to discuss any other topics, please send us your suggestions.

What is the current data on adoption/utilization?
What are the relevant trends in adoption/utilization?
How should adoption be measured – what are the challenges?
What factors influence adoption/utilization, for example, attitudes, skills, and systematic differences across relevant socio-economic groups?
Going forward: what additional information is necessary to understand current and future adoption/utilization?

Agenda

9:30 am	Workshop Introduction, Moderator, John Horrigan, Consumer Research Director, Omnibus Broadband Initiative
9:35 am	Panelist Opening Remarks Susannah Fox, Associate Director, Digital Strategy, Pew Internet & American Life Project Peter L. Stenberg, Ph.D., Senior Economist, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Christopher Guttman-McCabe, Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs, CTIA-The Wireless Association Link Hoewing, Vice President of Internet and Technology Policy, Verizon Karen Archer Perry, Director of the Connected Communities Team, Knight Center of Digital Excellence Kate Williams, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science
10:05 am	Open Q & A/Discussion
11:20 am	Closing Statements, Moderator
11:30 am	Adjournment

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