August 2004

A National Broadband Network

Americans Sound Off

In survey results released this week, 72  percent of adult Americans who have Internet access support government efforts to make high-speed Internet access universally available, the majority of Americans balk at the question of who pays, and how much.

Other noteworthy findings:

• 61 percent are concerned about security and privacy issues when on a broadband connection.

• 53 percent say the overall cost of the service is a more important factor in choosing among Internet access alternatives than the connection speed.

• 63 percent spends the same amount of time watching television as it spent before getting a broadband connection, compared with 34 percent who spend fewer hours in front of the tube (or flat screen).

• 63 percent is spending more time online now than when logged on to the Internet via a dial-up connection.

• 65 percent has engaged in more uploading and downloading of work-related information since getting a broadband connection.

• 7 percent have had a broadband connection for more than five years.

Sources: Harris Interactive , CNET news, Quote Media