A new measure of US residential broadband availability

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 132-143

  Kolko, Jed ^a  

^a PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Availability; Broadband; FCC; Telecom

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND; BROADBAND ADOPTION; FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; FORRESTER RESEARCH; METROPOLITAN AREA; NATIONAL LEVEL; POLICY MAKERS; POPULATION DENSITIES; TELECOM; UNDER-SERVED AREAS; USER-FRIENDLY TOOL; ZIP CODE;

RESEARCH;

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 77649179931     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2009.11.015     Document Type: Article

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