---
"title": "The Broadband Difference"
"description": "The presentation highlights our findings about how broadband users are different from dial-up users."
"date": "2002-06-27"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Lee Rainie"
    "job_title": "Former Director, Internet and Technology Research"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/lee-rainie/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/internet/2002/06/27/the-broadband-difference/"
"categories":
  - "Emerging Technology"
  - "Future of the Internet (Project)"
  - "Internet Connectivity"
  - "Leisure"
  - "Lifestyle"
  - "Online Search"
  - "Technology Adoption"
"tags":
  - "Future of the Internet"
  - "New Media Ecology"
---

# The Broadband Difference

The presentation highlights our findings about how broadband users are different from dial-up users. It also covers the impact of broadband connections on the way people spend their time.