Across Texas, nearly half of adults use cellphone, laptop,...
Across Texas, nearly half of adults use cellphone, laptop, tablet or home wireless broadband, according to a survey by Connected Nation. Florida and Texas have the highest mobile broadband usage among the 10 states surveyed by the group, it said.…
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Iowa has the lowest usage (32 percent) among the 10. About 11 percent of adults in Texas, or 2.1 million, subscribe to mobile broadband instead of home broadband service, the survey said. That includes about 932,000 Hispanic, 294,000 African American, and 834,000 low-income Texans. Meanwhile, 53 percent of Texans who access broadband via their cellphones are “very satisfied” with their current service, with another 42 percent reporting they are “somewhat satisfied.” The other states surveyed are Alaska, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, South Carolina and Tennessee. Altogether, Connected Nation surveyed 27,086 residents across these 10 states in 2011.