Thursday, June 11, 2009

Over two-thirds of U.S. households subscribe to broadband

June 10, 2009

Durham, NH – June 10, 2009 – New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) finds that over two-thirds of US households now subscribe to a broadband high-speed Internet service. This is an increase from one-fifth of households five years ago.

As has been true since the introduction of broadband services little more than a decade ago, higher-income households remain most likely to subscribe to a broadband service – but online subscriptions in general, and computer ownership, also tend to increase with household income...