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1 in 5 Americans do not use the Internet [New York Times]

Roughly 20 percent of American adults do not use the Internet at home, work and school, or by mobile device, a figure essentially unchanged since Barack Obama took office as president

From the department of habit and income and lifestyle are stubborn foes, a report from the New York Times that 20 percent of Americans don’t use the Internet.

roughly 20 percent of American adults who do not use the Internet at home, work and school, or by mobile device, a figure essentially unchanged since Barack Obama took office as president in 2009 and initiated a $7 billion effort to expand access, chiefly through grants to build wired and wireless systems in neglected areas of the country.

[via BetaBeat]

https://betabeat.com/2013/08/20-percent-of-americans-dont-use-the-internet/

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