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
Exploring the Digital Nation: Home Broadband Internet Adoption in the United States
In Exploring the Digital Nation: Home Broadband Internet Adoption in the United States, the Commerce Department fulfills its promise to provide authoritative, nationally-comprehensive data on access to the Internet throughout the United States. This new study follows the February 2010 NTIA research preview, Digital Nation: 21st Century America’s Progress Toward Universal Broadband Internet Access. Both studies draw on the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey Internet Use Supplement, a survey of approximately 54,000 households conducted over one week in October 2009. This report presents the most accurate statistical profile of U.S. broadband Internet adoption
currently available.
- The Census Bureau's October 2009 data file and survey instrument are posted at http://www.bls.census.gov/cps_ftp.html#cpssupps (scroll down to "CPS Supplement," specifically the October 2009 Internet and Computer Use Data File and Data Dictionary).
Digital Nation - Expanding Internet Usage (NTIA Research Preview)
NTIA's report on U.S. broadband Internet adoption based on an October 2010 survey of over 50,000 households commissioned by NTIA and conducted by the U. S. Census Bureau.
Letter Comments on National Broadband Plan
NTIA filed a letter addressing the public safety, homeland security and cybersecurity elements of the National Broadband Plan being drafted by the FCC. NTIA also submitted a supplementary White Paper entitled "Executive Branch Views on Public Safety, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity Elements of a National Broadband Plan."