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Caught in the NET: A Survey of Los Angeles Area Residents 40+ About Online Use and Safety  / Research Report
November 2006— With California having the third highest statewide identity theft rate in the nation and the Los Angeles area fifth in ID theft-related complaints, this October 2006 AARP telephone survey of 500 age 40+ LA computer users examines their level of concern and what they’re doing to avoid becoming online crime victims. (22 pages)

Caught in the NET: A Survey of Raleigh-Durham Area Residents 40+ About Online Use and Safety  / Research Report
October 2006— With North Carolina having the 21st highest number of identity theft victims, the level of concern among age 40+ Raleigh-Durham area computer users about providing personal information over the Internet and what they are doing to protect themselves are examined in this Fall 2006 AARP survey. (22 pages)

E-Technology Challenges and Opportunities: Empowering a Graying Society "Age of Connectivity."  / Event
June 2006— U.N. Headquarters, NY, USA

The Deregulation of Internet Access Through DSL: An AARP Survey of Texans  / Research Report
February 2003— Key findings from a random telephone survey of age 18+ Texans in January 2003 about their experiences with Internet access service and their opinions regarding the proposed deregulation of the state’s high-speed digital Internet service. (23 pages)

The End of Telecommunications? An Epilogue to Tangled Web: The Internet and Broadband Open Access Policy  / Research Report
July 2002— In this AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper updating broadband open access policy developments, Trevor R. Roycroft, Ph.D., of Ohio University's J. Warren McClure School assesses technological and market changes, examines overlapping rulings and rulemaking currently underway at the Federal Communications Commission, and provides policy options for sustaining competition in the market for Internet access services. (29 pages) (Publication ID: 2002-10)

Tangled Web: The Internet and Broadband Open Access Policy  / Research Report
January 2001— An analysis of how competing Internet service and content providers use broadband Internet networks, and how their actions may affect consumers' access to--and the future development of--the Internet by Trevor Roycroft of Ohio University's J. Warren McClure School. An AARP Public Policy Institute report. (56 pages) (Publication ID: D17331)