Some People Just Don't Want Broadband

In the past several years, broadband has grown in popularity, but it remains a luxury that more than 30% of Americans choose to go without—for many of these people, that’s a matter of choice.  Among the roughly 27% of adult Americans who do not use the Internet, only 12% cited lack of access as the cause. In addition, 62% of dial-up users have no interest in switching to broadband.

Though it may be hard to imagine for young people who grew up “on the grid,” a large number of Americans just don’t care about browsing the Web at high speeds.  It makes little sense for government to subsidize or even give away broadband connections when so many people who could get broadband, don’t.