Digital Quality of Life: Understanding the Personal and Social Benefits of the Information Technology Revolution

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
By Robert D. Atkinson and Daniel D. Castro
October 1, 2008

• In the new global economy, information technology (IT) is the major driver of both economic growth and improved quality of life.
• IT is the key enabler of many, if not most, of today’s key innovations and improvements in our lives and society €”from better education and health care, to a cleaner and more energy efficient environment, to safer and more secure communities and nations.
• Although the emerging digital economy has produced enormous benefits, the best is yet to come.

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Home Broadband Adoption 2008
Pew Internet & American Life Project
July 2008

• Home broadband adoption increased from 47% from March 2007 to 55% in April 2008.
• Respondents age 50 and over reported a 26% growth in broadband adoption from 2007 to 2008.
• Monthly broadband bills are 4% lower in May 2008 than at the end of 2005, but monthly dial-up bills have risen.

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Critical Mass: The Worldwide State of the Mobile Web
Nielsen
July 2008

• There were 40 million active users of the mobile Internet in the US, with individual sites that attract millions of unique users.
• The number of US subscribers who paid for mobile Internet increased 28 percent between the first quarter of 2007 and the first quarter of 2008 (from 74 million to 95 million).
• Mobile internet use will continue to grow rapidly.

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Connect Ohio Technology Assessment
Executive Summary
June 27, 2008

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FCC Fifth Report
June 12, 2008

• Advanced telecommunications capability is meeting the challenge.   Capacity and availablity are increasing.
• Broadband depolyment is increasing to important contituencies like rural Americans, the disabled, and minorities.
• OECD rankings are not accurate.

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The Internet And The 2008 Election
Pew’s Internet and Democracy Center
June 15, 2008

• A record-breaking 46% of Americans have used the internet, email or cell phone text messaging to get news about the campaign, share their views and mobilize others.
• 10% say they have used social networking sites such as Facebook or MySpace to gather information or become involved.
• 6% of Americans have made political contributions online, compared with 2% who did that during the entire 2004 campaign.

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Cisco Visual Networking Index – Forecast and Methodology, 2007—2012
June 16, 2008

• In 2012, the total annual volume of IP traffic will reach half a zettabyte.
• IP traffic will nearly double every two years through 2012. Total IP traffic will increase by a factor of six from 2007 to 2012.
• Last year was a year of phenomenal growth in IP and Internet traffic. Total IP traffic grew 55 percent during 2007, and is estimated to grow by 63 percent in 2008. Internet traffic grew 46 percent in 2007, and is estimated to increase 51 percent in 2008.
• Traffic from all applications grew in volume in 2007, but the traffic mix shifted considerably.
• Internet video will account for 50 percent of all consumer Internet traffic in 2012. Non-Internet IP video will increase more rapidly than consumer Internet.

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Net Neutrality Regulation Will Hinder Broadband Deployment
Christopher Wolf
Proskauer Rose LLP
June 12, 2008

• America could add 1.2 million jobs and $500 billion to the economy as a result of widespread broadband deployment.
• Network neutrality regulations have the potential to not only stymie the continued growth of the Internet and broadband penetration, but to increase costs and degrade customer services.
• Government should encourage investment through a hands off approach, the government can play its part in ensuring that these opportunities are provided to all Americans, with broadband access that is affordable and attainable, irrespective of geographic limitations.

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Surviving the Digital Home
Yankee Group
April 2008

• Telecommuting will become more common as employees seek to balance their work and home lives, and create more value for their businesses.
• Whether working full-time from home or the occasional home workday, employees will use digital home-based technology solutions to maintain the collaborative workplace dynamics required in today’s global economy.
• Collaboration technologies, including high-bandwidth video communications in the digital home-office environment, will start to alleviate some of the isolation felt by home-office workers. A byproduct of home-office working, employees will seek more solutions to minimize the negative social impacts of anywhere working.

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State Efforts to Expand Broadband Access
National Governors Association
May 20, 2008

• Broadband communication is radically transforming the way in which Americans use the Internet by providing the ability to access voice, video, and data through a single network.
• There are benefits in having access to educational institutions or telemedicine applications through the Internet.
• The study recommends a variety of successful approaches to spur broadband in the states.

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