Broadband adoption in American homes grew by 40 percent in the last year, twice the growth rate of the year before, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project. That’s good news that should be followed by more good news if technology is allowed to move forward, unfettered by heavy government regulations.
Broadband adoption among African Americans increased by 121 percent between 2005 and 2006 and English-speaking Latino households reported a strong 46 percent increase, bringing those groups’ overall household broadband adoption rate to near parity with white households, according to the report. That quells worries that some populations would be left out of the Internet revolution. Even access in tough-to-reach rural areas is expanding at a brisk 39 percent. While not everyone always finds it easy to get online, the revolution is touching virtually every group in a significant way.
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