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Statistics: Internet & Broadband Subscribers

Internet Subscribers by Physical Network

Subscribers x 1000 | See also Total Internet Subscribers | Computer in Household

Year	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
DSL	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.Pew
CIBC				4130	6292	9145	13,416	17,702	22,162	26,633
Misc				3,300		9,300
Misc						8,500
Pew					7,000	9,000 Q1
LRG					6154	6,805 Q1
Conv		477	2245	4013	5988
FCC1	.	370	1977	3948	6472	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
FCC2		186	675	1369	2813
xDSL	.	340	1700	2100*
TC	39	504	2100	4,363	4,884 Q1	9600	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
PI	.	760	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
CE	300	1100	2200	2600	5100	7900	10200	.	.	.	.	.	.
GG	350	.	.	.	.	9800	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
YA	.	300	900	2000	3300	5000	7000	.	.	.	.	.	.
LA	.	500	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
MS	62	738	2564	5468	8391	11737	15190	18574	21988	25334	28711	31665
MS2	.	.	2344	6653	11563	16242	20863	25433	.	.	.	.	.
FC	.	500	2000	3500	5000	7500	10500	15200	.	.	.	.	.
BM	.	228	1745	3435	6116	8334	10757	.	.	.	.	.	.
IDC	.	300	1100	2600	5400	9200	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
In	.	300	1100	2600	4900	7800	10900	13400	.	.	.	.	.
Y2					5120	6730	8440	10190	12090	13840
WP					5400
T1	.	.	.	.	.2002	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
FCC-01		610	1021	1079	1187 Q2
MS	1356	1647	1947	2141	2225	1984	1680	1347	982	852	882	913
Cable	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Misc				6,600		12,600
CIBC				6844	10,874	15,338	19,574	23,600	27,437	31,011
CDF			8%	11.5%	16%	24.2%
NCTA			3,700	7,200	11,600	17,300 Q1
ML						16,000
Pew					13,000	21,000 Q1
LRG					11,037	12,263 Q1
FCC1		1412	3583	7060	11,369
FCC2		877	2194	4395	8342
xDSL		1200	3900	4800*
YA	1000	1100	2400	3900	5700	7600	9600	.	.	.	.	.	.
For	.	2000	.	.	.	20000	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
IDC	.	1400	2600	4400	6500	9000	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
MS	400	1100	2500	4600	7100	10000	12900	15600	18200	21000	24200	27200
MS2	.	.	2935	5447	8454	11972	15435	18831	.	.	.	.	.
BM	.	1621	4039	6118	9091	11425	13446	.	.	.	.	.	.
FC	.	1800	3500	5000	7500	10000	14500	19500	.	.	.	.	.
PK	.	1600	3300	5400	8300	10700	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
IDC	.	1400	2600	4400	6500	9000	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
In	.	1100	2000	3200	5000	6300	11300	14000	.	.	.	.	.
Y2					10610	13930	16910	19650	21980	24230
WP					9400
DSL+C	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
CIBC				10,974	17,168	24,483	32,990	41,302	49,599	57,844
CIBC HH	adopted	10.3%	15.9%	22.4%	29.7%	36.8%	43.6%	50.1%
CIBC HH	Online	21.5%	31.0%	39.4%	48.2%	55.4%	61.6%	66.6%
LRG					17,191	19,068 Q1
Cisco			5200	10,040	15,510	21,710	29,880	38,180	42,700	45,510
Broadband	.	.	2000	2001	2002	2003.	2004	.	.	.	.	.	.
NTIA			4.4% HH	9.1% HH		19.9% HH
Instat			2,700	5,500	10,200	15,700	22,900	29,100	34,700
Misc							63,000
Pew						30,000	48,000
ML						21% HH 24,600
Jupiter						21,500					46,000
Neilson					26,113	38,957 May 49,465 Nov
MS2	.	.	5279	12100	20017	28,214	26298	44264	.	.	.	.	.
MS2'	.	1750	4600	9200	14100	19900	25800	31400	36900	42500	.	.	.
NYT				10,000	16,000
WP					15,000
FCC1		2754	7070	12792	19,882
FCC2		1,988	4293	7404	12,986
Wireless	(&	Sat)	.	.	.	.2003	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
ML						300
Pew					< 500	1,400 Q1
FCC1	.	50	112	213	276
FCC2		8	27	75	66
MSFW	.	70	232	579	1043	1470	1909	2378	2877	3408	3970	4109
BMFW	.	0	0	301	826	1344	2003	.	.	.	.	.	.
BMmmds	.	0	70	176	496	1299	2403	.	.	.	.	.	.
Y2mmds					50	70	120	180	250	310
Dial Up	.	.	.	2001.	2002.	2003.	2004.	2005.	2006.	.	.	.	.
Misc				44,200		38,600	61,000
Instat			37,000	40,700	40,500	35,900	31,700	28,100	24,600
Neilson					79,444	69,647 May 69,609 Nov
MS3				45,900	47,800	47,700	46,300	44,100	42,000
MS2	.	.	38804	39894	40767	39590	38272	36419	.	.	.	.	.
MS'	26780	31111	32066	33486	34372	33530	32248	31578	28484	24589	19352	15325
MS	28507	34400	38514	41937	45281	46875	47491	49906	49785	48643	46749	45835
NYT					44,000
Fiber
Render	FTTH			5	23	38
Render	FTTH	Passed		19	72	315
FCC2		312	376	494	548
Satellite
Y2					250	530	1250	2030	2700	3350
Powerline
Internet	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Subscribers
Misc					155,000	126,000	128,000
CIBC HH				50,900	55,400	62,200	68,400	74,600	80,500	86,800
CIBC HH	Online/	Total HH		47.8%	51.3%	56.8%	61.7%	66.4%	70.7%	75.3%
Harris		113,000	121,000	127,000	140,000
Nielson	.	106000	114000	165000	182,130	118,000	144,000 135,424	.	.	.	.	.	.
ComScore						149,000	154,100
CIA	76000	100825	133000	.	161700	.	.	206550	.	.	.	.	.
SG2	65100	101000	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Icon	33300	38800	44400	51300	56000	59800	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
MS2	63000	75000	90000	105000	115000	125000	135000	.	.	.	.	.	.
MS	31941	40297	49316	59658	70406	79929	89048	99724	107823	114819	121453	127939
IRG	29800	39500	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
NYT				10,000	60,000
Percent Pop	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Nielson		39	52	58
DOC NTIA	26.2			54		54.6 HH
Harris		56	63	64	67
Harris		46 HH	49 HH	52 HH	57 HH
Misc			41.5 HH			63	63
Misc							60

CIBC World Markets, Exhibit 12 (Jan 11, 2005) (subscribers DSL, Cable; HH subscribers; online HH subscribers
ComScore
- comScore Media Metrix Announces Top 50 U.S. Internet Property Rankings for March 2004
- More Money = More Surfing, Cyberatlas (Oct 14, 2003) comScore Media Metrix data
DOC NTIA Census
- Digital Nation - Expanding Internet Usage , NTIA Research Preview: NTIA's report on U.S. broadband Internet adoption based on an October 2010 survey of over 50,000 households commissioned by NTIA and conducted by the U. S. Census Bureau. (1.7MB) - Current Population Survey (CPS) Internet Use 2010 Posted February 17, 2011
- A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age, Department of Commerce p. 4 (Sept. 2004) By Technology p. 5.
- A Nation Online: How Americans Are Expanding Their Use Of The Internet, NTIA 2/4/02
- U.S. Web usage hits 54 percent, MSNBC 2/4/02 (citing NTIA report)
- Home Computers and Internet Use in the United States: August 2000 P23-207, Census 9/7/01
Render, Vanderslice, & Associates Oct 25, 2004 (FTTH passed, US and Canada)
NCTA = NCTA, March 31, 2004
CDF = Jeffrey Cole, Surveying the Digital Future: The Impact of the Internet, USC Annenberg (percent of those online)
[ML] Merrill Lynch, Everything Over IP (March 12, 2004)
Jupiter: Ron Miller, Broadband Poised for Takeoff , Internet News Jan 29, 2004 (citing Jupiter research : The DSL Market Opportunity: Closing the Gap with Cable Modem Providers, reporting on households)

Leichtman Research Group

Press Release, Leichtman Research Grp., About 4,860,000 Added Broadband From Top Providers in 2020 (Mar. 3, 2021)
Leichtman Research Group Press Release Broadband Internet Grows 19 Million in the US

Converge Network Digest DSL | Cable
Mike Volpi, Cisco, Broadband, Slide 3 (9/2002) (citing Probe Research)
Harris Poll
- The Harris Poll® #8, February 5, 2003 Those with Internet Access to Continue to Grow but at a Slower Rate

The Harris Poll® #18, April 17, 2002 Internet Penetration at 66% of Adults (137 Million) Nationwide

Instat
- HBF System-9 Zoo Markets Slide 11 PDF (citing Instat MDR)
ITU
- United States, Webforum (citing ITU)

Nielson / Netrating

BroadbandPasses Dial-up in U.S. <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5750968/> " MSNBC.com, August 18, 2004. (" That [63 m Broadband subscribers] amounts to 51 percent of U.S. residential users, up from 49 percent in June and from 38 percent just a year earlier. Sixty-one million, or 49 percent of residential users, use narrowband hookups, down from 62 percent last July, Nielsen//NetRatings said. ")
Active Internet Users by Country September 2004, Clickz Stats (Oct. 29, 2004) (135,423,830 active internet users United States September 2004. Aug. 2004 = 137,038,072 - source: Nielsen/Netrating).
US Internet Audience Up 16 percent in past year, Internet News, August 13, 2001 (citing Nielson report);
Active Internet Users by Country, March 2004, ClickZStats (April 29, 2004) (citing Nielson/ NetRating) subs as of March 2004
Three out of Four Americans Have Access To Internet, Nielsen/Net Ratings March 18, 2003
US Broadband Penetration Jumps to 45.2% - US Internet Penetration Nearly 75% - March 2004 Bandwidth Report (citing Netrating)
Fifty Million Internet Users Connect Via Broadband Neilson Netrating Jan 2004
More Than Half of U.S., Canada Online, Cyberatlas (May 2, 2003) (Nielsen//NetRatings)
Neilson Netrating via Cyberatlas
Nearly 40 Million Internet Users Connect Via Broadband, Growing 49 Percent, Neilson Netrating June 2003; Fifty Million Internet Users Connect Via Broadband Neilson Netrating Jan 2004

Pew

Internet/Broadband Fact Sheet, PEW RESEARCH CTR. (Apr. 7, 2021)
Pew Research Center, 15% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are they? (2015)
Latest Internet tracking data, Pew Internet April 13, 2004
Broadband Adoption at Home: A Pew Internet Project Data Memo May 18, 2003; Pew Internet Project Data Memo, 55% of Adult Internet Users Have Broadband at Home or Work (April 2004) (48 m Americans have Broadband Internet at home; "March 2003, 67% of home broadband users connected via cable modems, while 28% used DSL, and 4% used wireless or fixed-satellite technology. In our latest survey, 54% of home broadband users connected with cable modems, 42% used DSL, and 3% used wireless or fixed-satellite technology.")

xDSL = It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over , xDSL Today (*2001 figures are for Q1)
FCC
- FCC RELEASES NEW DATA ON INTERNET ACCESS SERVICES, FCC 12/13/2010
- FCC1 = (high speed lines one direction) High Speed Services for Internet Access: Subscribership as of Dec 31, 2000 (FCC IAD) (August 2001) Report | Press Release; FCC Releases Data on High Speed Services for Internet Access Dec 2002 Press Release
- FCC2 (high speed lines 2 directions) High-Speed Services for Internet Access. Provides summary statistics of subscribership data that facilities-based providers of high-speed services file twice a year on FCC Form 477. 06/03 Release. As of 12/31/02. HSPD0603.PDF (871K)
TC = TeleChoice data at xDSL.com. Revised per article in CommDaily February 18, 2000 reporting revised Telechoice figures for 1999, 2000, and 2003. REvised.
Broadband! A Joint Industry Study by McKinsey & Company and Stanford C Berstein & C, page 22
CE = Computer Electronics, DSL in for Big Growth, April 1 1999
GG = Gartner Group
PI = Pioner
LA = LA Times
IDC2 = IDC, Merril Lynch
IRG = Internet Research Group
CIA = Press Release, Computer Industry Almanac, U.S. Tops 100 Million Internet Users According to Computer Industry Almanac (Nov 4, 1999); According to Computer Industry Almanac the U.S. has More than Half of Worldwide Internet Users at Year-End 1998, July 6, 1999; Over 150 Million Internet Users Worldwide at Year-end 1998, April 30, 1999; Over 300 Million Internet Users in Year 2000, Sept 28, 1998; According to Computer Industry Almanac the U.S. has More than Half of Worldwide Internet Users at Year-End 1998 July 6, 1999
SG2-IS = Strategic Group, Internet User Trends and European Internet User Trends Conference Call Presentation November 1999 (stats as of mid year)
For = Forrester HFC - More consumers call the cable guy for Internet speed (Jan 18 2000) (citing Forrester - could not find stats on Forrester website).
ICON = Iconocast IH - US Households Online: Internet at a glance, Winter 2000
Yankee Group
- YA = Data Basics: DSL Gaining on Cable As the Big Pipe of Choice, Washington Post Thursday, February 10, 2000; Page E10 (citing Yankee Group Report); Bandwidth Bandwagon, The Industry (May 15, 2000) citing data from: ID = IDC, In = Insight Research, Y = Yankee Group
- Y2 = Yankee Group Residential Broadband June 2002 as shown by Verizon
Morgan Stanley
- MS = Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, The Internet Data Services Report at 18 (August 11, 1999).
- MS’ - DU = Dial Up as Primary Access.
- MS - DU = Dial up (primary + backup).
- MS2 = The Global Internet Primer, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (June 2000).
- MS3 = Dial Up Slowing to a Stand Still, eMarketer (20 March 2003) citing Morgan Stanley, October 2002 ("Paid dial-up subscribers in US, 2001-2006)
PK-HFC = Paul Kagan Associates, Cable TV Technology, July 26, 1999
FC-DSL & FC-C Forward Concepts, Broadband in the Local Loop '00: Applications Driving the North American Business Report No 1040 May 12, 2000
IDC - Bandwidth Bandwagon, The Industry (May 15, 2000) citing data from IDC
In - Bandwidth Bandwagon, The Industry (May 15, 2000) citing data from Insight Research

Active Home Internet Users by Country, November 2008, Clickz 3/10/2009
Active Home Internet Users by Country, November 2008, Clickz 2/18/2009
Internet hits major milestone, surpassing 1 billion monthly users, CW 1/27/2009
Active Home Internet Users by Country, May 2008, Clickz 7/14/2008
Active Home Internet Users by Country, March 2008, Clickz 5/13/2008
US Online Population Forecast, 2008 to 2013, Jupiter 4/3/2008
comScore "Digital World: State Of The Internet" Report Highlights Growth in Emerging Internet Markets, comScore 3/20/2008
Poll: U.S. Adults Online in Record Numbers, eWeek 11/8/2007
Active Home Internet Users by Country, May 2007, Clickz 7/18/2007
One billion people have Internet access, AP 5/19/2006
Internet population reaches all-time high, America's Network 4/28/2006
One billion people have Internet access, AP 5/19/2006
Internet population reaches all-time high, America's Network 4/28/2006
The Internet?s Growing Role in Life?s Major Moments, Pew 4/20/2006
The World Information Access 2006 Report, WIAP 4/18/2006
ICT At a Glance: United States, World Bank (March 2006)
IC4D Regional Highlights by Main Topic, World Bank (March 2006)
Blogs and Health, Pew Internet Presentation (March 2006)
U.S. Internet Adoption to Slow, Clickz 2/17/2006
US internet use rises as do fears, BBC 10/28/2005
Web Usage Grows Internationally, Clickz 10/5/2005
Population Explosion!, Clickz 10/5/2005
Almost Three-Quarters of All U.S. Adults – An Estimated 163 million – Go Online, Harris 5/13/2005
Web Usage Growth Flatlines in U.S., Other Mature Markets, Clickz 3/22/2005
Pew Internet Project, Internet: The Mainstreaming of Online Life Percentage of American Who Use the Internet
Shane Greenstein, Chris Forman, Avi Goldfarb, How Did Location Shape Adoption of the Commercial Internet? Global Village, Urban Leadership and Industry Composition, TPRC 10/2/2004
U.S. Web Usage and Traffic, August 2004, Clickz 9/21/2004
Users Connect Online with Offline, Clickz 8/25/2004
U.S. Web Usage and Traffic, July 2004, Clickz 8/25/2004
Survey: Home Internet Access in US Hits 75 Percent, Reuters 3/18/2004
Three out of Four Americans Have Access To Internet, Nielsen/Net Ratings March 18, 2003 (note the methodology: it counts all individuals in a house with Internet access, regardless of whether they use it)
US Broadband Penetration Jumps to 45.2% - US Internet Penetration Nearly 75% - March 2004 Bandwidth Report
America's Online Pursuits Pew Internet Jan 2004
US Communications spending TNS Telecoms April 2003
The Harris Poll® #8, February 5, 2003 Those with Internet Access to Continue to Grow but at a Slower Rate
Survey: Net crucial but suspect, CNET 1/31/03
Year Three of the UCLA Internet Report, UCLA 1/31/03
Most US seniors are veteran Net users, NUA 1/13/03
Study: Internet use in U.S. homes routine, CNN 1/3/03
Counting on the Internet Most expect to find key information online, most find the information they seek, many now turn to the Internet first December 29, 2002, Pew Internet 1/3/03
Decline in number of sites hosted in the US, NUA 12/2/02
Internet Audience Still Growing (119 m Net Users US July 2002), Internet News 8/16/02
Latinos Outpace Other Groups' Online Growth, Cyberatlas 7/17/02
NUA How Many Online US Over Time
USA Today: Internet growth slows in US March 28 2002
fNet use shifts from novelty to utility, MSNBC 3/4/02
Web's novelty down, usefulness up: Survey, Times India 3/4/02
Study: Internet Goes From 'Dazzling' to 'Purposeful', Newsfactor 3/4/02
U.S. Net Population Continues To Grow, Cyberatlas 2/6/02
Profile of Online Population The Harris Poll® #18, April 17, 2002 Internet Penetration at 66% of Adults (137 Million) Nationwide
'Digital Divide' Report Criticized, USA Today 2/6/02
Over half of U.S. online, CNews 2/6/02
'Digital divide': Shrinking or growing?, USA Today 2/6/02
More Than Half Of US Homes Online - Commerce Dept., Wash Tech 2/6/02
Bush administration's 'digital divide' report criticized, Nando 2/6/02
U.S. Web usage hits 54 percent (54% pop using net as of Sept 2001), MSNBC 2/4/02
Census finds technology gains across age groups, USA Today 2/4/02
A Nation Online: How Americans Are Expanding Their Use Of The Internet, NTIA 2/4/02
CyberFaith: How Americans Pursue Religion Online December 23, 2001 , Pew 1/4/02
Number of U.S. Internet Subscribers Drops Again, INews 11/16/01
Internet Usage Reaches Record Level, AP 11/15/01
U.S. Internet use jumps 15 percent, MSNBC 11/13/01
U.S. Internet use at record high, CNEWS 11/13/01
Internet Usage Jumps to All-Time High, INews 11/13/01
E-mail mailboxes increasing fast, CNN 9/20/01
Demand for Satellite Phones Increases, AP 9/21/01
Wired senior citizens among most enthusiastic Internet users, study finds, Nando 9/10/01
Report: Seniors Catching Up on Internet Use, Newsbytes 9/10/01
Demand for PCs Sinks to 4-Year Low, Standard 9/10/01
Hispanics and the Internet, Pew 7/1/01
Study: Internet used by 56 percent of U.S. population InfoWorld Feb 2001
FCC Trends in Telephone Service (Dec 2000)
May 2000 Nielson ACNielsen Survey Finds Nearly Two Thirds of U.S. Population Age 12 or Older Are Online
Dept of Commerce Falling Through the Net II: New Data on the Digital Divide 1998
Dept of Commerce Falling Through the Net 1995
Tracell Technical Paper, Why and How Fast is the Digital Divide Widening Over Time Among Ethnic Groups in this Country 1999 (computer penetration rates and income)Congressional Research Service: Internet and E-Commerce Statistics: What They Mean and Where to Find Them on the Web Oct 2000
Starting with the Consumer, Evan Neufeld, Jupiter Communications Aug 1998

States

Households with Internet Access by State, Computer and Internet Use in the United States : 2003, US Census (October 2005)

Refuseniks

J.J. Po-An Hsieh, Mark Kell, Jonny Holmstrom, Lynette Kvasny, The Bumpy Road to Universal Access: An Actor-Network Analysis of US Municipal Broadband Internet Initiatives, The Information Society: An International Journal, pp. 264-283 (Aug. 9, 2012) (strong correlation between income and education, and declining to adopt Internet or broadband)
Pew Study Shows Sizable Chunk of US Still Not Online, Ecommerce Times 7/8/2008
Reasons for Not Using the Internet, Computer and Internet Use in the United States : 2003, US Census (October 2005)
Pew Internet Project, Digital Divisions (Oct. 2005)
Commission of the European Communities, eInclusion revisited: The Local Dimension of the Information Society, p. 7, 8, 9 (2005)
A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age, Department of Commerce, Figure 10 (Sept. 2004) Main Reasons for No High Speed Internet Use at Home

Date Data (Date Report)	Population (Households) Online	% of Pop (HH) Online	Source
2005	137 m	68% adults	Pew Internet Digital Divisions Oct 2005
2004	140 m (active users)	Population Explosion!, Clickz (Feb. 8, 2005 (citing Nielsen/ Netrating)
2004	186 m	Population Explosion!, Clickz (Feb. 8, 2005 (Citing CIA)
12/2004	140 m	Active Home Internet Users by Country November to December 2004, February 3, 2005 Clickz (citing Nielson/ NetRating)
11/2004	138 m	Active Home Internet Users by Country November to December 2004, February 3, 2005 Clickz (citing Nielson/ NetRating)
9/2004	135 m	Active Internet Users by Country September 2004, Clickz Stats (Oct. 29, 2004) (citing Nielson/ NetRating)
8/2004	156 m	73% (65%)	Harris Poll #63 (Sept. 8, 2004)
8/2004	137 m	Active Internet Users by Country September 2004, Clickz Stats (Oct. 29, 2004) (citing Nielson/ NetRating)
3/2004	144 m		Active Internet Users by Country, March 2004, ClickZStats (April 29, 2004) (citing Nielson/ NetRating)
3/2004	154.1 m		comScore Media Metrix Announces Top 50 U.S. Internet Property Rankings for March 2004
2/2004		(60)	Jeffrey Cole, Surveying the Digital Future: The Impact of the Internet, USC Annenberg
2/2004	141 m		Active Internet Users by Country, March 2004, ClickZStats (April 29, 2004) (citing Nielson/ NetRating)
2/2004	128 m adults	63% adults	Latest Internet tracking data, Pew Internet April 13, 2004
2/2004	152 m		comScore Media Metrix Announces Top 50 U.S. Internet Property Rankings for March 2004
2/2004	204 m	75%	Three out of Four Americans Have Access To Internet, Nielsen/Net Ratings March 18, 2003
2/2004		(75% HH)	US Broadband Penetration Jumps to 45.2% - US Internet Penetration Nearly 75% - March 2004 Bandwidth Report (citing Netrating)
12/2003	146 m	69% (61%)	Harris Poll #63 (Sept. 8, 2004) (adults)
11/2003	118 m		Fifty Million Internet Users Connect Via Broadband Neilson Netrating Jan 2004
10-2003		(54.6)	A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age, Department of Commerce p. 4 (Sept. 2004)
8/2003	126 m adults	63 adults	America's Online Pursuits Pew Internet Jan 2004
8/2003	149 m		More Money = More Surfing, Cyberatlas (Oct 14, 2003) comScore Media Metrix data
5/2003	107 m		Fifty Million Internet Users Connect Via Broadband Neilson Netrating Jan 2004
3/2003	166 m	59%	More Than Half of U.S., Canada Online, Cyberatlas (May 2, 2003) (Nielsen//NetRatings)
2/2003		66%	Three out of Four Americans Have Access To Internet, Nielsen/Net Ratings March 18, 2003
2003	54.7% HH	Computer and Internet Use in the United States : 2003, US Census (October 2005)
2003		71.1	UCLA World Internet Project Report, UCLA 2/18/2004 (data not dated)
12-2002	140	67 (57)	The Harris Poll® #8, February 5, 2003 Those with Internet Access to Continue to Grow but at a Slower Rate
3-2002	137	66 (55)	The Harris Poll® #18, April 17, 2002 Internet Penetration at 66% of Adults (137 Million) Nationwide
2002	159	CIA World Fact Book US
2002		71.1 (59.4)	Year Three of the UCLA Internet Report, UCLA 1/31/03
2002	182.13		Neilson Netrating via Cyberatlas
2002	155		United States, Webforum (citing ITU)
12-2002	153		Emarketer North America Online: Demographics & Usage
4-2002	166 m	59.1%	NUA How Many Online
(3-2002)	149 m		The World's Online Populations Cyberatlas March 21, 2002
3-2002	137	66 (55)	The Harris Poll® #8, February 5, 2003 Those with Internet Access to Continue to Grow but at a Slower Rate
(3-2002)	174 million	(55%)	Web growth slows, but time online rises USA Today March 28 2002
2-2002	110 m	69% [adults]	Ipsos Read Internet Facts
12/2001	(56,376 k)	(52.3%)	Technology Administration, Department of Commerce, Understanding Broadband Demand, A Review of Critical Issues , page 5 (Sept 23, 2002)
10/2001	127 m	64 (53)	Harris Poll #63 (Sept. 8, 2004) (adults)
9/2001	(65m HH)	(61% HH)	Three in five US households online NUA (Sept 2001)
4/2001	126 m	64 (53)	Harris Poll #63 (Sept. 8, 2004) (adults)
2001		72.3 (58.4)	Year Three of the UCLA Internet Report, UCLA 1/31/03
10-2001	127	64 (52)	The Harris Poll® #8, February 5, 2003 Those with Internet Access to Continue to Grow but at a Slower Rate
9-2001		54%	U.S. Web usage hits 54 percent, MSNBC 2/4/02 (citing NTIA report)
9-2001	143m	53.9%	A Nation Online: How Americans Are Expanding Their Use Of The Internet, NTIA 2/4/02
9-2001	127		The Harris Poll® #18, April 17, 2002 Internet Penetration at 66% of Adults (137 Million) Nationwide
9-2001	(53.9m)	(50.3%)	A Nation Online: How Americans Are Expanding Their Use Of The Internet, NTIA 2/4/02
3-2001	126	64 (53)	The Harris Poll® #8, February 5, 2003 Those with Internet Access to Continue to Grow but at a Slower Rate
2001	50.4% HH	Computer and Internet Use in the United States : 2003, US Census (October 2005)
11/2000	121 m	63 (49)	Harris Poll #63 (Sept. 8, 2004) (adults)
8/2000	(44m)	(41.5%)	Home Computers and Internet Use in the United States: August 2000 P23-207, Census 9/7/01
5/2000	57 (45)	Harris Poll #63 (Sept. 8, 2004) (adults)
2000		66.9 (46.9)	Year Three of the UCLA Internet Report, UCLA 1/31/03
10/2000	121	63 (49)	The Harris Poll® #8, February 5, 2003 Those with Internet Access to Continue to Grow but at a Slower Rate
5/2000	114	57 (45)	The Harris Poll® #8, February 5, 2003 Those with Internet Access to Continue to Grow but at a Slower Rate
12/1999	113	56 (46)	The Harris Poll® #8, February 5, 2003 Those with Internet Access to Continue to Grow but at a Slower Rate
1998		(26.2%)	Home Computers and Internet Use in the United States: August 2000 P23-207, Census 9/7/01
2/1998	70	35 (22)	The Harris Poll® #8, February 5, 2003 Those with Internet Access to Continue to Grow but at a Slower Rate
10/1997		(18.6%)	Home Computers and Internet Use in the United States: August 2000 P23-207, Census 9/7/01
6/1997	59	30 (16)	The Harris Poll® #8, February 5, 2003 Those with Internet Access to Continue to Grow but at a Slower Rate
9/1996	33	19(16)	The Harris Poll® #8, February 5, 2003 Those with Internet Access to Continue to Grow but at a Slower Rate
11/1995	17.5	9	The Harris Poll® #8, February 5, 2003 Those with Internet Access to Continue to Grow but at a Slower Rate