Home Broadband Adoption in Rural America
In December 2005 24% of adult rural Americans went online at home with high-speed internet connections compared with 39% of adults in urban and suburban areas.
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Rural Americans are less likely to log on to the internet at home with high-speed internet connections than people living in other parts of the country.
The study was conducted for Pew Hispanic Center via telephone by International Communications Research, an independent research company.
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