Title :
Geographic variation in Internet connectivity
Author :
Froeb, Luke M. ; Oliver, Richard W. ; Weiskopf, David A.
Author_Institution :
Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a measure of Internet “connectivity” (number of connected companies per capita) normalized by the economic “size” of areas in the United States. We use cross sectional variation in connectivity to test some hypotheses about technology adoption. We find that areas in the South and Midwest have below average connectivity. Connectivity is also related to the living “attractiveness” of an area
Keywords :
Internet; information industry; socio-economic effects; Internet connectivity; United States; companies; cross sectional variation; economic; geographic variation; technology adoption; Area measurement; Business; Cities and towns; Costs; Economic forecasting; Explosives; Internet; Size measurement; Technology forecasting; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1996., Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Hawaii International Conference on ,
Conference_Location :
Wailea, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7324-9
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1996.495435
