Connection disparities: The importance of broadband connections in understanding today's digital divide

Handbook of Research on Overcoming Digital Divides: Constructing an Equitable and Competitive Information Society

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 346-358

  Davison, Elizabeth L ^a   Cotten, Shelia R ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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EID: 84884592030     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-699-0.ch019     Document Type: Chapter

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