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Customers Have to Find New Internet Providers
RedOrbit, TX - Jun 27, 2008 Net, another Tucson-based ISP that offers DSL Internet access, is also busy signing up former Sprint clients. About 20 Sprint Broadband customers subscribed … |
Broadband adoption isn’t what it used to be in the U.S, as poorer users stay with less expensive internet connections. Around 55 percent of the country now has broadband, up from 54 percent last December and 47 percent earlier in 2007, according to a recent Pew Internet & American Life Project report. While year-over-year growth was 17 percent, the growth stalled in the last five months, probably due to the economic slowdown. While some demographic groups are still growing, the number of b
A new report from Pew Internet shows that the broadband growth in the US has slowed down to a crawl, a sign that US broadband carriers would have to work hard to find ways to grow their overall businesses. Pew points out that 55% of adult Americans have home broadband connections. According to some estimates there are over 64 million broadband connections in the US. Some interesting bit from Pew’s report: Broadband users report an average monthly bill of $34.50 for high-speed service, 4% low
The Pew Internet and American Life Project released their latest report on broadband in America today, and it looks pretty rosy. Pew makes a great deal out of the fact that broadband use isn’t rising among America’s poor, but that’s hardly surprising. You sort of need a computer, some education, and an income of some sort to make much use of broadband, so until those issues are addressed you’re not going to see much change over the 25% broadband use among Americans with household incomes below
WASHINGTON, July 2 - Broadband growth in the United States has effectively stalled over the past five months, a possible victim of the economic slowdown, according to a report released Wednesday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Some 55 percent of all adult Americans now have a high-speed internet connection, or a broadband connection, in their home, according to the report, “Home Broadband Adoption 2008.” That number compares with 47 percent of adult Americans with broadband i
