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Our results imply that disconnecting an average property from a high-speed first-generation broadband connection (offering Internet speed up to 8 Mbit/s) would depreciate its value by 2.8%.
Proceedings ArticleDOI
23 May 2011
22 Citations
The collection, integration and publication of this data charts a new course in broadband information access and will add significantly to the policy discussion about increasing American's access to high-speed internet.
This is sufficient to support such multimedia services as video-telephony, low cost video-conferencing, and high speed Internet connectivity.
Our results show that cost-effective, affordable high-speed wireless Internet access can be provided in rural and remote areas.
We find that while protocol overheads, which have dominated the community’s attention, are indeed important, reducing latency inflation at the lowest layers will be critical for building a speed-of-light Internet.
Open accessProceedings ArticleDOI
Yi Liang, Bernd Girod 
07 Nov 2002
28 Citations
In this paper, we present an efficient low-latency Internet video streaming system that does not require retransmission of lost packets.
Open accessJournal ArticleDOI
Nakwon Jung, Sung-Wook Kim 
7 Citations
In conclusion, this paper suggests that high-speed internet service should be included in the scope of universal service, in terms of infrastructure and minimum transmission speed, for the development of democracy and the information society.
Internet protocols and bandwidth will need upgrading before television can be carried well, but it inevitably will move to the Internet.
Although data indicates that Net traffic generally moves at a good clip, it is clear that many people want faster data transmission speed now and that many others are worried about Internet speed in the future.
By using detailed data on Internet access and use in rural and urban areas of Britain, we show the effect of low-speed broadband connection on people’s use of the Internet and the services it provides.