The number of adults in the U.S. with access to broadband internet at home has dropped in recent years. That’s according to a new report released by the Pew Research Center.
Nationally, broadband access at home dropped to 67 percent. That’s a 3 percent decrease from 2013. In rural communities that trend is even more pronounced.
The study cites several reasons for residents’ lack of access, some of the biggest being cost for both a computer and the service itself.
But not everyone without broadband at home is going without internet access. In the same time period, the number of adults who used a smartphone as their primary internet source increased by 5 percent, a trend also slightly higher in rural areas.
