Barriers to Broadband Adoption: FCC-Commissioned Study Briefing

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
Hosted by the American Library Association (ALA)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) will unveil the study findings of the SSRC report Broadband Adoption In Low-Income Communities.

The FCC commissioned the study to help inform their understanding of barriers to broadband adoption and to shape the National Broadband Plan due to Congress on March 17 under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The presenters will discuss the contexts for understanding barriers to broadband adoption. Such challenges vary from price to skill and language barriers to the challenges of community-based organizations, such as libraries, in providing broadband access for those without it at home as well as instruction on using the Internet.

After the program, participants will take questions from the audience.

Presenters include:

John Horrigan
Consumer Research Director, FCC

Mark Lloyd
Associate General Counsel and Chief Diversity Officer

Dharma Dailey
Independent Researcher, SSRC

Amelia Bryne
Independent Researcher, SSRC

Emily Sheketoff
Executive Director, ALA Washington Office

To RSVP, please send an email with your name and affiliation to alawash@alawash.org. For additional information on the event, please call the American Library Association's Washington Office at 202-628-8410.