Nielson/Netratings reports that 55% of home users now have high speed access and it is estimated that this number will increase to 70% within the year.
Broadband users spend 22 hours per month online compared with 18 hours for lowband users. As the speed of information access increases, it appears the experience encourages greater use.
These data are likely to be a source of widening economic gap in Internet use outside of schools.
