---
title: "The Internet’s Impact on American Life"
description: "John's presentation provides data on broadband penetration to homes and highlights findings from the report “The Broadband Difference.”"
date: "2003-04-28"
authors:
  - name: "John B. Horrigan"
    job_title: "Former Senior Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/john-b-horrigan/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2003/04/28/the-internets-impact-on-american-life/"
categories:
  - "Digital Divide"
  - "Emerging Technology"
  - "Leisure"
  - "Lifestyle"
  - "Platforms & Services"
  - "Technology Adoption"
tags:
  - "Digital Divide"
  - "New Media Ecology"
---

# The Internet’s Impact on American Life

This presentation was part of a panel on broadband penetration to the conference of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners in April 2003. It provides data on broadband penetration to homes and highlights findings from the report “The Broadband Difference.”