New Broadband Report Shows U.S. Adoption at 68%
(February 18, 2011) - Coinciding with yesterday’s launch of the National Broadband Map, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) also released a new report that may garner less attention, but is still important to the national broadband discussion. This report, titled Digital Nation: Expanding Internet Usage, shows that while between 90% and 95% of households have broadband service available to them, only 68% of households actually subscribe. While this percentage is up from 63.5% of households last year, it still means that between 25 and 31 million households have the option to access broadband, but choose not to.
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By Chris McGovern, Manager, Research Development, Connected Nation