Adoption Resources
NTIA is working to increase broadband Internet adoption in the United States, which will help more Americans compete in the 21st century economy. NTIA's initiatives include an annual nationwide survey and report on broadband use, which can inform efforts to close the digital divide, and DigitalLiteracy.gov, a website with resources for teaching and learning computer and online skills.
The NTIA Broadband Adoption Toolkit (23MB pdf) shares best practices across the U.S.
Broadband adoption research
NTIA's Recovery Act broadband programs
The Connecting America’s Communities map illustrates where BTOP projects are located across the country.
Related content
Networked Nation: Broadband in America 2007
This report highlights the dramatic growth of broadband in the United States. The report shows that the Administration’s technology, regulatory and fiscal policies have stimulated innovation and competition, and encouraged investment in the U.S. broadband market contributing to significantly increased accessibility of broadband services.
Data Dictionary and Data File for Current Population Survey: Internet Use and Computer Use Supplements: October 2007, October 2003, September 2001, August 2000 ("Other CPS Supplements," U.S. Census Bureau, as a joint project with the Bureau of Labor Statistics)
A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age
A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age is the sixth report released by the U.S. Department of Commerce examining the use of computers, the Internet, and other information technology tools by the American people. Based on the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey of 57,000 households containing 134,000 persons, this report provides broad-based and statistically reliable information on the ways that information technologies in general, and broadband more specifically, are transforming the way we live, work, and learn.
- The Census Bureau's Survey Instrument and Raw Data is available at https://www.census.gov
- PDF version of A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age
A Nation Online:
Entering the Broadband Age
SEPTEMBER 2004
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics Administration
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Remarks of NTIA Chief of Staff Tom Power, "The National Broadband Plan One Year Later"
- As Prepared for Delivery -
Thank you for inviting me to speak here today. I especially want to thank my friend and former FCC colleague Bob Atkinson for including me here today.