---
title: "Broadband Adoption: The Next Mile – Senate Testimony"
description: "Aaron Smith, Senior Researcher, Pew Research Center’s Internet Project, gave testimony before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet."
date: "2013-10-29"
authors:
  - name: "Aaron Smith"
    job_title: "Director, Data Labs"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/aaron-smith/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2013/10/29/broadband-adoption-the-next-mile-senate-testimony/"
categories:
  - "Digital Divide"
  - "Internet Connectivity"
  - "Technology Adoption"
tags:
  - "Digital Divide"
---

# Broadband Adoption: The Next Mile – Senate Testimony

Senior Researcher Aaron Smith gave testimony before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, on broadband and internet adoption in the United States. [Click here to read his testimony and see an archived webcast of the hearing](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/Commentary/2013/October/Broadband-Adoption.aspx).