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    {"title" :"Trends on Tuesday: FCC Finds Rise in Mobile Internet Subscriptions","summary" : "Approximately 70% of American households have a fixed Internet source of 0.2 megabits per second or greater, according to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Measuring Broadband Across America Report that analyzes the digital divide in the U.S. Up 15% in the last decade, this increase in Internet subscription source","date" : "2014-07-22T11:00:40-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"katie-steffy" : "Katie Steffy"},"topics" : {
        
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            "mobile" : "Mobile"
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/07/2014-07-22-trends-on-tuesday-fcc-finds-rise-in-mobile-internet-subscriptions.md","slug" : "trends-on-tuesday-fcc-finds-rise-in-mobile-internet-subscriptions","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/07/22/trends-on-tuesday-fcc-finds-rise-in-mobile-internet-subscriptions/","content" :"\u003cp\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/03/speed-dial.png\"\n    alt=\"speed dial\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\nApproximately 70% of American households have a fixed Internet source of \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabit\"\u003e0.2 megabits per second or greater\u003c/a\u003e, according to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) \u003ca href=\"https://www.fcc.gov/reports/measuring-broadband-america-2014\"\u003eMeasuring Broadband Across America Report\u003c/a\u003e that analyzes the digital divide in the U.S. Up 15% in the last decade, this increase in Internet subscription source has significant impact on how citizens are receiving, utilizing, and sharing vital information.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere were two interesting highlights for mobile implementers:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMobile Internet subscriptions with speeds higher than 200 kbps have increased by \u003ca href=\"https://www.fcc.gov/reports/measuring-broadband-america-2014\"\u003e18% since 2012\u003c/a\u003e and have surpassed the amount of home connections.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/03/18/trends-on-tuesday-mobile-download-speeds-on-the-rise/\"\u003eAs we’ve reported before\u003c/a\u003e, the FCC confirms the speeds of mobile connections are increasing, with 93 million mobile connections possessing a speed of at least three megabits per second. This is up from the 43 million connections from the previous year. You can actually test your own wireless speed by downloading the \u003ca href=\"http://apps.usa.gov/fcc-speed-test.shtml\"\u003eFCC’s Speed Test App\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe report shows us that as users demand information, they are employing mobile sources to access it. In order to cater to those needs, government mobile developers need to focus on providing the \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/resources/mobile-user-experience-guidelines/\"\u003euser-centered, highly-functioning content users demand\u003c/a\u003e, and help build better mobile practices by joining the \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/communities/\"\u003eMobileGov Community of Practice\u003c/a\u003e today!\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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