A Quarter of Americans Aren’t On the Web

Amid the discussion of universal broadband access, those without broadband get all of the attention. But what about the 17 percent of Americans who regardless of cost or access simply don’t want to go online? Or the 1.7 percent who think dial-up is just fine? As hard as it is for the technically literate to imagine, roughly 25 percent of Americans don’t use the web. Full Story »

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Mike LaBonte
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by Mike LaBonte - Jan. 24, 2009

I appreciate having my attention drawn to this information, but the analysis seems shallow. The 17% figure may be mistaken. Using the chart I get 25% - 3.3% = 21.7% for the number of non-Internet users who could get access.

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