本文以美国布鲁金斯学会的《美国大都市区的宽带使用率与网络鸿沟》研究报告为基础,探讨城市宽带应用发展的特征与主要趋势。文中对美国大都市区网络宽带使用情况进行了梳理,在此基础上分析了美国宽带应用的区域性与社会性差异以及大都市宽带使用的主要特点、趋势、影响因素,并提出城市宽带网络发展的关键环节。
<<This paper,based on the report” Broadband Adoption and Gaps in U.S. Metropolitan Areas” issued by Brookings Institute,tried to track current and changing broadband adoption rates at the U.S. metropolitan scale,and analysis the factors affect metropolitan adoption rates. It shows that multiple factors-including higher levels of income,educational attainment,and telecommuting-all have a positive and significant effect on broadband application in metropolitan area. Based on the analysis,the paper summarized the main implications for efforts to improve Chinese City Internet adoption.
<<