U.S. Households with Internet and High-Speed Access

Telecom Data Mining

Telecom Data Nugget: There is a significant difference in high-speed Internet access in rural and urban areas.

Telecom facts:

Percent of U.S. Households with Internet and High-Speed Access: Rural versus Urban (As of October 2003)

Households with Internet and High-Speed Telephone Access

Percent of U.S. Households with Internet and High-Speed Access:
Rural versus Urban
(As of October 2003)

	Rural		Urban		Total
Internet Service	54.1	%	54.8	%	54.6	%
Dial-Up Service	40.4		32.3		34.3
High-Speed Service	13.2		21.8		19.9
Cable Modem	7.7		12.4		11.2
DSL	5.0		9.4		8.3
Satellite and Fixed Wireless (MMDS¹)	0.6		0.3		0.4
Other	0.4		0.5		0.4
¹MMDS - Multi-Media Distribution Systems.

Source: A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age, September 2004, U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), and U.S. Census Bureau.