[1st-mile-nm] California Broadband Report

[Richard Lowenberg]

A report such as the following, would be a good first step in creating a
Strategically Integrated Broadband Plan for New Mexico.
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The Public Policy Institute of California has just published it's new
online report:  Broadband for All? Gaps in California's Broadband Adoption
and Availability

www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=758


July 2007, 24 pp.
Vol. 3, No. 2
Free download of report (PDF)

California has consistently led the rest of the country in the average
number of households with access to the high-speed Internet connection
known as broadband.   Yet within the state broadband availability and
adoption vary dramatically.   Some rural areas have no access at all.
In others, households cannot afford it.   Recognizing the advantages more
broadband could bring to its citizenry and its economies, local and state
government agencies have initiated a number of programs to increase
availability and adoption.   Using new data and techniques, this issue of
California Economic Policy examines the current broadband landscape and
the potential effects and deficiencies of these new initiatives.


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Richard Lowenberg
P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504
505-989-9110,  505-603-5200 cell

New Mexico Broadband Initiative
www.1st-mile.com
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