---
title: "The Broadband Difference"
description: "The presentation highlights our findings about how broadband users are different from dial-up users."
date: "2002-06-27"
authors:
  - name: "Lee Rainie"
    job_title: "Former Director, Internet and Technology Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/lee-rainie/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2002/06/27/the-broadband-difference/"
categories:
  - "Emerging Technology"
  - "Future of the Internet (Project)"
  - "Internet Connectivity"
  - "Leisure"
  - "Lifestyle"
  - "Online Search"
  - "Technology Adoption"
tags:
  - "Future of the Internet"
  - "New Media Ecology"
---

# The Broadband Difference

The presentation highlights our findings about how broadband users are different from dial-up users. It also covers the impact of broadband connections on the way people spend their time.