[rtpnet-tact] 2004 A Nation Online report released

[Judy Hallman]

To TACT list:

I've added a link to this report on http://www.rtpnet.org/comp/ , in the 
right column, under "Statistics."

Judy Hallman (hallman at rtpnet.org, http://www.rtpnet.org/hallman)
Executive Director, RTPnet, NC (http://www.RTPnet.org/)

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [DDN] news: 2004 A Nation Online report released
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 05:24:02 -0500
From: Andy Carvin <ACarvin at edc.org>
Reply-To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group 
<digitaldivide at milhouse.edc.org>
To: digitaldivide at milhouse.edc.org

Hi everyone,

The NTIA has just released the latest national digital divide report, A
Nation Online

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/reports/anol/NationOnlineBroadband04.htm

Here is the executive summary:

A nation online: Entering The broadband age

As the Internet increasingly affects the daily lives of Americans and the
U.S. economy, one of the greatest changes in recent years has been the
rapid uptake of broadband technologies.  Between the Census Bureau?s
Current Population Surveys conducted in September 2001 and October 2003,
the number of households with Internet connections grew by 12.6 percent.
The data reveal that a transition is underway from dial-up to high-speed
Internet connections.  The use of high-speed Internet connections grew
significantly between 2001 and 2003 and more than offset the decline in
dial-up users.  For this reason, this report focuses on what Americans are
doing with their high-speed connections.

The dramatic uptake of broadband technologies has fueled the Nation?s
rising use of the Internet.

·        The proportion of U.S. households with broadband Internet
connections more than doubled from 9.1 percent in September 2001 to 19.9
percent in October 2003.

·        In 2001, two-thirds of broadband households used cable modem
service (66.4 percent). By October 2003, cable modem households dropped to
56.4 percent and 43.6 percent of broadband households were using other
types of connections.

·        Meanwhile, the proportion of dial-up households declined from 40.7
percent to 34.3 percent.

The report finds that broadband users are more likely to use the Internet
more frequently and in a wider variety of ways.

·        Among Internet users, those with broadband connections at home are
more likely to be daily Internet users (66.1 percent) than those with
dial-up service (51.1 percent).

·        Persons with broadband at home also engage in more types of
activities online, particularly in the areas of entertainment, banking,
purchasing products or services, and obtaining information.

In addition, broadband usage is lower in rural than urban areas.

·        A lower percentage of Internet households have broadband
connections in rural areas (24.7 percent) than in urban areas (40.4
percent).

·        Rural households with dial-up connections are significantly more
likely than their urban counterparts to list "Not Available" as the reason
they do not have a higher speed Internet connection (22.1 percent to 4.7
percent, respectively).

Will be eager to hear people´s reactions to the report.
Thanks,

Andy Carvin
acarvin at edc org


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