A comparative study to examine the socio-economic characteristics of broadband adopters and non-adopters

Electronic Government

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 272-288

  Choudrie, Jyoti ^a   Dwivedi, Yogesh Kumar ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adopters; Broadband consumers; Comparative study; Household; London Borough of Hillingdon UK; Non adopters; Socio economic characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744742958     PISSN: 17407494     EISSN: 17407508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EG.2006.009599     Document Type: Article

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