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"The shares of U.S. adults who say they use the internet, use social media, own a smartphone or own a tablet computer are all nearly identical to the shares who
by atlasunshrugged 8y ago
"The shares of U.S. adults who say they use the internet, use social media, own a smartphone or own a tablet computer are all nearly identical to the shares who said so in 2016. The share who say they have broadband internet service at home currently stands at 65% – nearly identical to the 67% who said this in a survey conducted in summer 2015. And when it comes to desktop or laptop ownership, there has actually been a small dip in the overall numbers over the last two years – from 78% in 2016 to 73% today."
- Jaruzel 8y agoIt's like mobile phones - everyone who wants one (in the US) has one. You can't keep expecting a rise in usage numbers on anything, as eventually you'll hit maximum usage which is very rarely 100%.
- Retric 8y agoBroadband internet is still not available to large chunks of the population. It’s really three groups those who can’t afford it, thouse who don’t want it, and those who can’t get it.
- yoz-y 8y agoI’d say that most people nowadays do not really need broadband if they have a good enough cell phone plan.
- ghaff 8y agoLots of people don’t have great cell phone coverage where they live. I’m within 50 miles of a major US city and I have a spotty cell signal. Also data limits/throttling.
- justtopost 8y agoBingo. I am still struggling with 200k dsl I happily pay 75 a month for. And I consider myself lucky as most of my neighbors are too far from the DSLAM for any connectivity. The rural are the new underclass in america. The amount of hate and incredulity of anyone who does not adopt an urban lifestyle I see on HN is astounding.