---
title: "Broadband Adoption: Patterns, Behaviors, and Implications"
description: "The speech discusses evolving online usage patterns. The drivers of changing usage patterns are the emergence of \"always present\" digital information access enabled by mobile wireless, to go with growth of \"always on\" home broadband connections."
date: "2008-03-11"
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/2008/03/11/broadband-adoption-patterns-behaviors-and-implications/"
categories:
  - "Internet Connectivity"
---

# Broadband Adoption: Patterns, Behaviors, and Implications

The speech discusses evolving online usage patterns. The drivers of changing usage patterns are the emergence of "always present" digital information access enabled by mobile wireless, to go with growth of "always on" home broadband connections. The PowerPoint slides are accompanied by text of the speech.