{"id":94439,"date":"2013-08-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2013\/08\/26\/home-broadband-2013-2\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:13:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:13:01","slug":"home-broadband-2013-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2013\/08\/26\/home-broadband-2013-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Broadband 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

70% of American adults have a high-speed broadband connection at home<\/b> <\/p>\n\n

10% of Americans lack home broadband but do own a smartphone<\/b> <\/p>\n\n

20% of Americans have neither a home broadband connection nor a smartphone<\/b> <\/p>\n\n

Media Contacts:<\/p>\n\n

Kathryn Zickuhr, Research Associate: kzickuhr@pewresearch.org<\/a> or 202-419-4518<\/p>\n\n

Aaron Smith, Senior Researcher: asmith@pewresearch.org<\/a> or 202-419-4516<\/p>\n\n

Report URL:\u00a0https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/Reports\/2013\/Broadband.aspx<\/a> <\/p>\n\n

Home broadband adoption reaches 70% of U.S. adults<\/b> <\/p>\n\n

WASHINGTON (August 26, 2013) – Some 70% of American adults ages 18 and older have a high-speed broadband connection at home as of May 2013, according to a nationally representative survey by the Pew Research Center\u2019s Internet & American Life Project. The survey also found that 3% of American adults go online at home via dial-up connections. <\/p>\n\n

As found in previous research, groups with the highest rates of home broadband adoption continue to be<\/a> college graduates, adults under age 50, and adults living in households earning at least $50,000, as well as whites and adults living in urban or suburban areas.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve consistently found that age, education, and household income are among the strongest factors associated with home broadband adoption,\u201d said Kathryn Zickuhr, Research Associate for the Pew Research Center\u2019s Internet Project and lead author of the report. \u201cMany dial-up users cite cost and access as the main reasons they don\u2019t have broadband, but for adults who don\u2019t use the internet at all, a lack of interest is often the main issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Eight in ten adults have either home broadband or a smartphone<\/b> <\/p>\n\n

In recent years internet-connected mobile devices such as smartphones have exploded in popularity; smartphones are now owned by more than half of all American adults<\/a> (56%), and may offer an alternate form of \u201chome\u201d internet access. In fact, this survey found that one in ten Americans owns a smartphone but do not have a high-speed broadband connection at home.<\/p>\n\n

However, it is unclear whether 3G or 4G smartphones qualify as \u201cbroadband\u201d speed, or if smartphones can otherwise offer the same utility to users as a dedicated high-speed home internet connection. For these reasons, smartphones are qualitatively distinct enough that we do not include them in our standard definition of what constitutes a \u201cbroadband user.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

At the same time, smartphones do offer a potential source of online access to individuals who might otherwise lack the ability to go online at all from within the home, even if that access is somewhat limited in comparison. When smartphone owners are added to home broadband users, the proportion of Americans with some sort of \u201chome\u201d internet access other than dial-up reaches 80%:<\/p>\n\n