Almost 90 percent of U.S. households that own a computer also...
Almost 90 percent of U.S. households that own a computer also subscribe to broadband, Leichtman Research Group found in a new consumer research study released Tuesday. That’s up from five years ago, when Leichtman Research found 65 percent of computer-owning…
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households subscribed to broadband. Higher-income households are much more likely than lower-income households to own a computer and subscribe to broadband -- 91 percent of households with an annual income above $50,000, compared to 47 percent of households below $30,000. “While higher-income households remain most likely to subscribe to a broadband service, the likelihood of computers in the home also increases with household income,” company president Bruce Leichtman said in a news release. “Disparities in computer ownership are the true roots of the broadband divides in the U.S.” (http://xrl.us/bnoduv). Leichtman conducted a telephone survey of 1,351 adults across the continental U.S. in May and June. The margin of error on the survey was 2.7 percent, Leichtman said.