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For the first time, U.S. broadband penetration broke 50% among active Internet users in July. US broadband penetration grew by 1.21 percentage points in July, with 50.69% of active Internet users on high-speed connections at home. 49.31% of US home users dial into the Internet with “narrowband” connections of 56Kbps or less.* The charts below, derived from Nielsen//NetRatings data, show trends in connection speeds to the Internet for United States users.

Broadband is even more likely in the business environment. This is a favorable trend as more and more rural areas get access to broadband internet. This still shouldn’t signal a battle cry for webmasters to load up pages for primarily broadband users. Even broadband users still skip most flash intros that are expensive in bandwith. Adoption rate for broadband in more than 90% of internet-connected home is still a few years away if past is any indicator of future results.

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