FCC: 93 Million Americans Lack High-Speed Access2010-02-23 11:07 by DanielaTags: FCC, broadband, Internet
The Federal Communications Commission says that due to cost and a lack of digital literacy, over one-third of the country does not have home high-speed Internet access (defined as other than dial-up service). Moreover, almost one in five Americans believe that the Internet is a waste of time; that it has nothing that interests them; or they are fine with dial-up access. Those findings come from an agency consumer survey conducted for the National Broadband Plan, due to Congress March 17. But the glass-half-full view - or over two-thirds-full actually - is that 78% of adults are Internet users, broadband or dial-up, home, business or otherwise. The survey, a random phone survey conducted in October and November, found that 80 million adults (and 13 million kids) do not have high-speed Internet at home. More than one-third of the non-adopters (28 million adults) indicated that they don't have broadband because either the price of service is too high (15%); they can't afford a computer; installation costs are too high (10%); or they don't want a long-term service contract (9%). According to the survey, the average monthly broadband bill is $41. Read more -here-
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