IP: D.C. COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF INTERNET MORE, STUDY SAYS: Edupage, November 26, 2001

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Washington, D.C., could make better use of the Web, concludes a
> survey of five cities and their use of the Internet to improve
> businesses and local lives, conducted by the Pew Internet &
> American Life Project. The cities studied included Austin,
> Cleveland, Nashville, and Portland, which were chosen because of
> their various demographics. The study found that the amount of
> education a population has and the presence of high-tech
> businesses in a city are the largest influences on Internet use,
> followed by population growth, income, and age. Although
> Washington, D.C. has the second-highest Internet access rate
> in the country, its government has not sufficiently backed
> local programs that teach Internet skills to low-income
> constituents. On the positive side, it has initiated several
> programs designed to increase high-tech business development
> in poorer neighborhoods.
> (Washington Post, 21 November 2001)


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