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 According
to the "Rural Areas and the Internet", report by Pew Internet and American Life
Project, a Washington-based nonprofit group, Internet use has grown steadily among
rural residents over the past several years to the point where 52 percent now
say they are online, but that figure still lags behind the two-thirds of urban
and suburban residents who say they use the Internet.
As
factors that correlate with reduced Internet use, the report said: -
Rural Americans are older and less wealthy than those in other parts of America.
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Rural residents say they have less choice than others about the way they access
the Internet.
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Broadband adoption is growing in urban, suburban, and rural areas, but broadband
users make up larger percentages of urban and suburban users than rural users.
- A portion
of rural Internet users depend on Internet connections at places other than work
or home. They are more likely than suburban or urban users to say they depend
on another place for going online.
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Rural users are more likely to look for religious or spiritual information and
less likely to engage in transactions.
If you want to read the whole report please click the following: Pew
Internet & American Life Project Report: "Rural Areas and the Internet"
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