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June 2, 2021

Mobile Technology and Home Broadband 2021

Smartphones, financial barriers and outside options for internet cited as reasons for not having home broadband

Smartphones, financial barriers and outside options for internet cited as reasons for not having home broadband

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Mobile Technology and Home Broadband 2021
Modest growth in share of Americans who say they own a smartphone or have broadband at home, but 30% say they often or sometimes have problems connecting to the internet at home
Broadband adoption varies substantially by education, household income; some differences less pronounced for smartphone ownership
Some 30% of Americans say they often or sometimes experience internet connection issues
15% of Americans are smartphone dependent
Smartphones, financial barriers and outside options for internet cited as reasons for not having home broadband
Cost and smartphone capabilities remain the most important reasons non-broadband users do not subscribe
Roughly seven-in-ten non-broadband users say they are not interested in having broadband at home
Unweighted sample sizes and error attributable to sampling