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    Generations Online in 2009

    Over half of the adult internet population is between 18 and 44 years old. But larger percentages of older generations are online now than in the past, and they are doing more activities online.

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    Stimulating Broadband: If Obama builds it, will they log on?

    Investment in broadband has become part of the broader discussion about President Obama’s economic stimulus package. How easy will it be to increase the pool of broadband subscribers or to encourage existing ones to upgrade their connection speeds?

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    Reasons people do not have home broadband

    Our May 2008 survey asked dial-up users why they do not have a broadband connection at home and our December 2007 asked non-internet users about the reasons they do not use the internet. This table summarizes the results.

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    Is Home Broadband Adoption Slowing?

    Our August 2008 survey shows that 57% of Americans have broadband at home, just a 3 percentage point increase since December 2007. Economic conditions may mean people are putting off the upgrade to broadband.

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    Degrees of Access (May 2008 data)

    Three “thermometers” of access show the disparities among various groups when it comes to internet access, cell phone use, and broadband access at home.

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    Home Broadband 2008

    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.

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    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.

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    Degrees of Access

    New “thermometer” charts show degrees of access to the internet and cell phones among various demographic groups.