Middle class goes broadband as price falls

MIDDLE CLASS GOES BROADBAND AS PRICE FALLS
[SOURCE: Associated Press, AUTHOR:Peter Svensson]
Middle- and working-class Americans signed up for high-speed Internet access in record numbers in the past year, apparently lured by a price war among phone companies. Broadband adoption increased 59 percent from March last year to March 2006 among U.S. households with incomes between $30,000 and $50,000, according to a survey to be released Monday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. It increased 40 percent in households making less than $30,000 a year. Among blacks, it increased 121 percent, according to the study. Middle- and lower-income households still lag higher-income households when it comes to broadband adoption. Among the $30,000-$50,000 households, 43 percent now have broadband, compared to 68 percent for those making more than $75,000. Overall, 42 percent of adult Americans, or 84 million people, have broadband, compared to 30 percent a year ago.
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* Home Broadband Adoption 2006
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/184/report_display.asp