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Home Broadband Adoption Stalls Among Some Americans
Home Broadband Adoption Stalls Among Some Americans
A recent Pew Internet report finds just 25% of American households with
annual incomes of $20,000 or less had broadband connections in their
homes.
By K.C. Jones
Information Week
July 3, 2008 12:24 PM
<http://www.informationweek.com/news/services/
data/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208802474>
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Broadband adoption has kept even pace with previous years, but stalled
among America's poor, according to a report released this week.
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Only 10% of Americans have dial-up connections at home, according to Pew.
Just 25% of American households with annual incomes of $20,000 or less had
broadband connections in their homes in April 2008. That's down from 28%
reported in that income bracket in March 2007.
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Sixty-two percent of dial-up users said they don't want broadband.
Thirty-five percent said they would switch if the price of broadband
decreased. Nineteen percent said nothing would convince them to switch to
broadband.
About one-quarter of U.S. adults do not use the Internet. Half of them are
over 61 years old and most report lower-incomes than Internet users.
Thirty-three percent of those who do not use the Internet said they're
just not interested, 12% lack access, and 9% said it is too difficult or
frustrating. Seven percent said it is too expensive and another seven
percent called it a waste of time.
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Home Broadband Adoption 2008
Adoption stalls for low-income Americans even as many broadband users opt
for premium services that give them more speed
July 2008
John B. Horrigan, Associate Director for Research
PEW INTERNET AND AMERICAN LIFE PROJECT
1615 L ST., NW SUITE 700
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036
<http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Broadband_2008.pdf>
Summmary of Findings
Home broadband adoption increased from 47% from March 2007 to 55%
in April 2008.
Growth in broadband adoption was flat among the poor and African
Americans.
Broadband growth was strong among older and lower-middle income
Americans, as well as rural Americans.
Nearly one-third of home broadband users have a premium broadband
service that gives them a faster connection to the internet.
Monthly broadband bills are 4% lower in May 2008 than at the end of
2005, but monthly dial-up bills have risen.
Non-broadband users cite a number of reasons for not using the service
including availability, price, and lack of interest.
Non-internet users represent a large pool of potential broadband users,
but many are just not interested in getting online.
Read the details for each of these findings, more findings and the entire
report at the URL immediately above.
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