Home Broadband 2010
Broadband adoption slowed dramatically in 2010, but growth among African-Americans jumped well above the national average; 53% of Americans do not think affordable broadband should be a government priority.
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Broadband adoption slowed dramatically in 2010, but growth among African-Americans jumped well above the national average; 53% of Americans do not think affordable broadband should be a government priority.
Those in households earning over $75,000 are different from other Americans in their tech ownership and use.
An FCC survey finds that 78% of adults are internet users and 65% of adults have home broadband connections.
38% of adults age 65 and older go online, a significantly lower rate of adoption than the general population (74%).
64% of Latino adults ages 18 and older used the internet in 2008, compared with 54% of Latinos in 2006.
From 2006 to 2008, internet use among Latino adults rose by 10 percentage points, from 54% to 64%, compared with a four percentage point rise among whites and a two percentage point rise among blacks.
At a conference at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, Pew Research Center analysts and outside experts discussed research findings about the Millennial generation, the American teens and twenty-somethings now making the passage into adulthood. In this second of three sessions experts on media and technology examine how Millennials are seeking, sharing and creating information.
Broadband adoption increases, but monthly prices do, too.
Some 55% of all adult Americans now have a high-speed internet connection at home. The percentage of Americans with broadband at home has grown from 47% in early 2007.
Hispanics with lower levels of education and English proficiency remain largely disconnected from the internet.
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