Depending upon what you read, either “US Internet Growth and Broadband Adoption Slow” or “US Broadband Up 18% in H1”.  But they’re both using the same reports.

According to a Dec. 22 Pew Internet report:

• The size of the online U.S. adult population is 63% of all those 18 and over; online population was 126 million in August 2003.
• The size of the online population on a typical day was 66 million in August 2003
• 31% of Internet users who go online from home have broadband as of August 2003.

It’s the last number that caught my interest.  I can’t imagine using a dial-up connection any more and wondered how many others had made the move.  I have friends that won’t look at anything on the internet unless they really, really need to because it takes too long to load. 

Those numbers mean that only about 20% of the U.S. population (at those using home access) are surfing at high speed.  I guess I better make my blog and website smaller.