State of Internet in USA
Posted: September 30th, 2009.
FCC in a report on the broadband stimulus plan released some info that will reveal the state of internet in the United States. Here are a few stats from the report
- Actual broadband speed is only 50% of the advertised speed
- 3-6 million Americans have not been served even basic broadband (768 kbps)
- 4% of Americans have no broadband connectivity due to geography
- 33% of Americans with access to broadband have not adopted
- 66% of Americans have adopted broadband at home
- Internet is the primary research tool for homeworks to close to 70% of high school students
- 82% of high income users have purchased online. Only 29% of low income users have done so.
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