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Toward Understanding U.S. Rural-Urban Differences in Broadband Internet Adoption and Use

Toward Understanding U.S. Rural-Urban Differences in Broadband Internet Adoption and Use

Peter Stenberg, Mitchell Morehart
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781609600112|ISBN10: 1609600118|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781609600129|EISBN13: 9781609600136
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-011-2.ch010
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Stenberg, Peter, and Mitchell Morehart. "Toward Understanding U.S. Rural-Urban Differences in Broadband Internet Adoption and Use." Adoption, Usage, and Global Impact of Broadband Technologies: Diffusion, Practice and Policy, edited by Yogesh K. Dwivedi, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 156-170. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-011-2.ch010

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Stenberg, P. & Morehart, M. (2011). Toward Understanding U.S. Rural-Urban Differences in Broadband Internet Adoption and Use. In Y. Dwivedi (Ed.), Adoption, Usage, and Global Impact of Broadband Technologies: Diffusion, Practice and Policy (pp. 156-170). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-011-2.ch010

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Stenberg, Peter, and Mitchell Morehart. "Toward Understanding U.S. Rural-Urban Differences in Broadband Internet Adoption and Use." In Adoption, Usage, and Global Impact of Broadband Technologies: Diffusion, Practice and Policy, edited by Yogesh K. Dwivedi, 156-170. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-011-2.ch010

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Abstract

The Internet has become entrenched in the U.S. economy over the last 15 years;access and use of the Internet has increased for all regions of the United States, most types of households and work places, and all income groups. In this chapter we explore how access technologies may affect household on-line activity patterns and address some of the aspects that differentiate urban and rural household Internet use. Rural households are less likely than urban households in having broadband Internet access but this varies regionally across the country. Study suggests that broadband Internet access is no longer perceived a luxury, but as a necessity and that there is pent-up demand for broadband Internet access in rural areas.

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