Home Internet Connections by Technology, 2001 and 2003
Updated April 12, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
(millions of households)
| 2001 | 2003 | Percent change |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Dial-up | 44.2 | 38.6 | –12.7% |
| DSL | 3.3 | 9.3 | 181.8% |
| Cable | 6.6 | 12.6 | 90.9% |
| Other* | 0.5 | 0.9 | 80.0% |
| Number of households with Internet | 54.6 | 61.5 | 12.6% |
| Total number of households | 108.6 | 112.6 | 3.7% |
*“Other” includes 0.4 million households with satellite and MMDS broadband in 2003. The 2003 individual home connection numbers do not add up to the category total due to rounding.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Falling Through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide, July 1999, and A Nation Online, 2004.
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