| Tags: Broadband | New Media | Media | Technology The Pew Internet & American Life folks released late last week their latest Broadband survey and it’s got some really interesting findings. The headline: Broadband adoption grew by 40 percent in the past year with the Telcos the winners. Among the survey’s finding: |
- Home broadband adoption grew by 40% in the year prior to March 2006, twice the growth rate of the year before.
- Growth in broadband adoption has been very strong in middle-income households, and particularly fast for African Americans and those with low levels of education.
- 3% of online users saying they use a VoIP service at home. VoIP awareness has shot up 86% since early 2004. Memorial Day weekend poolside blogger Steve Yelvington has some comments on another aspect of the survey, the number of people posting stuff – their stuff – online. There’s quite a bit to digest in the survey, read it!