Falling Through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide Released July 8, 1999. Third report in the Falling Through the Net series on the Telecommunications and Information Technology Gap in America. A PDF version of the report is also available for download (543k). (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)

Previous Reports in the Falling Through the Net Series
July 1998: Falling Through the Net II: New Data on the Digital Divide

July 1995: Falling Through the Net: A Survey of the "Have Nots" in Rural and Urban America

Fact Sheets on the Digital Divide

• Americans Increasingly Use Internet Outside the Home
• Americans Using Internet for Many Tasks
• Education: Boosting the Odds for Internet Use
• "Digital Divide" Widening at Lower Income Levels
• Government Programs Designed to Close the Divide
• Hispanics Falling Back in Information Age
• In Information Expansion, Blacks Lag Behind
• Native Americans Lacking Information Resources
• Racial Divide Continues to Grow
• Rural Areas Magnify "Digital Divide"
• Single-Parent Households At Information Disadvantage

Partnerships for Bridging the Digital Divide

• Ameritech Digital Campuses
  Ameritech, National Urban League
• Oprah Goes Online
  Carsey Warner, Harpo Communications, Oxygen Media
• Urban Challenge
  3Com
• Digital Divide Clearinghouses
  America Online, Benton Foundation, National Urban League