The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) was used to increase broadband adoption and utilization across the United States as part of the economic recovery after the 2008 recession. Part of this act implemented a program called the Broadband Telecommunication Opportunities...

Even as geographic disparities in high speed Internet access narrow, an urban-rural broadband gap persists, pointing to the importance of individual differences in motivations to adopt broadband as the key to closing the gap. Diffusion of innovation is reconceptualized through contemporary...

In the USA audiotext services, also known as 900 numbers, have been growing in popularity since the mid-1980s. But their success has raised numerous policy issues, and adverse publicity, especially in connection with adult programmes, has led to calls for federal regulation and has prompted the...