Socio-economic determinants of broadband adoption

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 654-671

  Dwivedi, Yogesh K ^a   Lal, Banita ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broadband networks; Digital computers; Residential areas; Socio economic regions; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL COMPUTERS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET;

BROADBAND ADOPTERS; POSTAL SURVEY; SOCIO ECONOMIC REGIONS; SOCIO ECONOMIC VARIABLES;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 34249002341     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570710750417     Document Type: Article

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