Summary Box: Commerce Department data show 40 percent of Americans don’t have home broadband
By APTuesday, February 16, 2010
Summary Box: Data show broadband policy challenges
WHAT THE SURVEY FOUND: Roughly 40 percent of Americans do not have high-speed Internet access at home, often because they just don’t want it.
WHY IT MATTERS: The findings underscore the challenges facing federal policymakers as they try to bring affordable broadband connections to all Americans.
THE SOURCE: The findings are based on a Census Bureau survey of about 54,000 households in October.
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