"Home Broadband Adoption 2007"

July 24, 2007

29% of Americans (Still) Not Using Internet Although, 7 in 10 Americans who go online from home now connect via high-speed lines, approximately 29% don't use the Internet at all—with a pronounced generation gap.

Internet use in rural areas trails the national average; 60% of rural adults use the Internet from any location, compared with the national average of 71%.

Full 14 page PEW/Internet Report "Home Broadband Adoption 2007" at: http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Broadband%202007.pdf

David M. Young, Professor

Rural Health Resource Specialist

Extension Service

Montana State University

e-mail: dyoung@montana.edu

Phone: 406-994-5552

Fax: 406-994-1756