Rural America Lags In Broadband Adoption

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At year-end 2005, 24% of rural Americans had high-speed Internet connections at home, compared with 39% of adult Americans living elsewhere...

The unavailability of home broadband service in rural areas is partially responsible for the gap in broadband use between rural and suburban and urban areas...

Demographics also play a role in the slow adoption of broadband in rural areas. Rural Americans are, on average, older, less educated and have lower incomes than people living in other parts of the U.S., all factors associated with lower levels of online use, Pew said.

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