Mele’s Musings

Broadband users spend nearly half their free time online, Netpop says

Not sure what is more surprising – the fact that they spend so much free time online, or that they have so little free time!

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Article excerpt: The Internet has become a big part of the leisure-time activities of U.S. consumers with broadband connections who spend nearly half of their free time each weekday [...]

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112 million U.S. adults have broadband at home, up 300% from 2002

Have we reached the tipping point with home broadband?  For those consumers who are more affluent, we surely have.

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Article excerpt:  The percentage of U.S. households with broadband Internet connections has grown from 12% in 2002 to 49% today, and 112 million U.S. adults now have high-speed web access at home, according to a study [...]

Tags: broadband, consumers, internet, Web 2.0

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