Majority of Americans Wireless - US Broadband Penetration at 93% Among Active Internet Users

More than half of all Americans have accessed the Internet by wireless means, according to a recent survey. WiMAX will spread to 120 million Americans by the end of 2010, and we debut a more accurate broadband survey.
By: Andy King - Website Optimization, LLC
 
Aug. 26, 2009 - PRLog -- More than half of all Americans, some 56%, have accessed the Internet by wireless means. For laptop users, over 81% have connected to the Internet wirelessly, according to PEW Internet. By the end of 2010, Clearwire plans to extend WiMAX coverage to 120 million Americans across 80 markets, according to Akamai. Among active Internet users, nearly 93% connect to the Internet over a broadband connection. Note that our July 2009 broadband survey starts anew with a larger sample size from Nielsen.

More than Half of all Americans go Wireless

In an April 2009 survey, PEW Internet asked Americans if they had accessed the Internet through wireless means. More than 56% responded that they had, using laptops, cell phones, and game consoles to go online and access the Internet. Some 39% of all Americans have used a laptop to go online wirelessly. In fact, among the 47% of Americans with laptops, over 81% have connected wirelessly using WiFi or AirCards.

Home Connectivity in the US

US broadband penetration was at 92.96% in June 2009. Dial-up users connecting at 56Kbps or less now make up 7.04% of active Internet users (see Figure 1).

Broadband Growth Trends in the US

In June 2009, broadband penetration among active Internet users in US homes dropped to 92.96%. This was largely due to a larger sample size used for the Nielsen broadband survey, nearly 8 times larger (see Figure 2). The abrupt drop in the Figure 2 graph is due to this change in sample size, and should not be compared directly with the previous month's data.

Work Connectivity

As of June 2009, 98.47% of US workers connected to the Internet with broadband, with 1.53% connecting at 56Kbps or less (see Figure 3). Note that this is a significant jump higher than May's 96.91% broadband penetration rate. This is due mainly to the new methodology and larger sample size used by Nielsen in the Netspeed survey.

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Source:Andy King - Website Optimization, LLC
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Tags:Website Optimization, Web Site Optimization, Wireless Internet, Internet, Broadband, Computers
Industry:Internet
Location:Ann Arbor - Michigan - United States
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