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Pew studies are the best sources of empirical information we have about Internet/information use here in the U.S. I’m delighted to report that there is a new study out (yesterday) about uses of non-voice data applications on mobile handsets. It turns out that, according to Pew’s John Horrigan, the demographic make-up of mobile access users is very diverse:
“To the extent that diversity cultivates creativity, we see a vibrant user base of mobile users ready to create and share digital content – which adds another dimension to the importance of the rules of the game for the openness of wireless devices for outside developers.”
In other wireless carrier news, this post suggests that carriers don’t have too many compunctions about mirroring (or making available) all communications to the federal government. More from favorite ArsTechnica here.
Cheering for diversity (which means new ideas and economic growth, if the carriers let information flow freely) and appalled by unlawful surveillance - we’re going to need leadership to change the way in which we handle highspeed internet access as a nation. Perhaps some magical thinking is in order.