Tag: INTERNET ACCESS

Today, as you're well aware, is World Statistics Day, and to commemorate the occasion, the United Nations International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has released a statistical report (PDF) that shows just how hyper-connected the world is today. Perhaps the most intriguing statistics, however, are those pertaining to global mobile subscriptions and text-messaging trends. According to ITU, the ...

According to the United Nations, the number of Internet users will exceed two billion people this year, approaching one-third of the global population. The International Telecommunication Union, an agency within the U.N., is reporting that Internet access was extended to 226 million new users in 2010, with 162 million of them coming from developing nations. In the last five years, the number of ...

In anticipation of a sweeping new plan that aims to provide all Americans with broadband Internet access, the FCC has just released a report (PDF link) detailing Internet usage statistics with some fascinating results. The report reveals that 35-percent of Americans do not use broadband at home. But, only 4-percent of these people lack access to broadband where they live, meaning that 31-percent ...

Seeing as, here at Switched, we make our livings online, we're at the Internet's beck and call to an even larger degree than your average Web junkie. That being the case, whenever we travel some place or another, our first question is, "Do you have wireless?" All too often, the answer is in the negative. So imagine our delight when we read MacWorld's 'Six Ways to Get Online From Anywhere.' We ...

While humanity is increasingly living in urban areas, rural communities are still catching up when it comes to high-speed Web access. After all, being left out of the digital revolution isn't easy when it seems like everyone around the world is experiencing the wonder of online social networks and e-commerce. According to USA Today, farmers in Plains, Texas for instance want better broadband ...

In good news from the Census Bureau, broadband Internet has spread across the U.S. like wildfire. We may still be paying more for slower speeds, but it appears that access to the Internet, and particularly broadband, is actually increasing at an incredible rate. According to the latest Census Bureau report, as cited in USA Today, 62-percent of Americans have Internet access in the home, up from ...