21% of Americans Aren't Using the Internet

[JMcEntegart]

How many people do you know who aren't connected?

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[nforce4max]

No wonder why they don't know what is going on, they are glued to the boob tube (TV aka the Golden Calf) watching the talking heads ramble about meaningless garbage on Fox or CNN. If not network news its MTV and American Idol.

 

[Guest]

2252 people? Isn't this sample way too small?

 

[drutort]

thats a very small sample to draw a conclusion for whole America LOL really? only 2.2k adults? and its done over phone and cell phone... ok why not like public survey or other none tech surveying... how about asking others who have Internet if they have adults who never connect on the net.. that might work for an online study lol though not very accurate

 

[JOSHSKORN]

21% of Americans aren't using the Internet. Probably another 30%-40% probably shouldn't be because they're kinda dumb and wouldn't know how to use it resourcefully or they just spend all their time on Facebook. But back to those 21%, we're probably talking for the most part about senior citizens that didn't grow up with computers. The rest of them are probably too dumb to add 1 + 1, let alone use a computer.

 

[blurr91]

Expanding high speed internet service is a priority for the federal government? Are they stupid?

 

[Minus_i7]

21% of Americans are also over age 55, according to the 2000 census.

Hm...

 

[Camikazi]

All I am hearing when reading this is "pew, pew, pew" lasers going off...

 

[pocketdrummer]

Those are the one's being throttled because their ISP sucks.

On a more serious note, read up on Google's deal with Verizon...

 

[zachary k]

well, it would be hard to get a good sample size, people into the internet screen their calls or don't even have landlines, and they can't do it on the internet, because that would be biased.

 

[maestintaolius]

[citation][nom]JOSHSKORN[/nom]21% of Americans aren't using the Internet. Probably another 30%-40% probably shouldn't be because they're kinda dumb and wouldn't know how to use it resourcefully or they just spend all their time on Facebook. But back to those 21%, we're probably talking for the most part about senior citizens that didn't grow up with computers. The rest of them are probably too dumb to add 1 + 1, let alone use a computer.[/citation]
Is it lonely up there on your pedestal?

 

[DokkRokken]

Twenty-one percent of the population may actually be smarter than we think.

 

[hunter315]

i want to see it split into smaller demographics, most of that 21% was probably from the 65 and older bracket

 

[Guest]

Man, I would love to see some age analysis on those non-users.

 

[RADIO_ACTIVE]

Who cares they are obviously not reading this LOL

 

[Simple11]

Buddy of mine doesn't have Internet cause he can't afford. Should be a city government issue to provide free wifi to the city

 

[nforce4max]

[citation][nom]simple11[/nom]Buddy of mine doesn't have Internet cause he can't afford. Should be a city government issue to provide free wifi to the city[/citation]

As they say the only free cheese is in the mousetrap.

 

[Ares_]

[citation][nom]drutort[/nom]thats a very small sample to draw a conclusion for whole America LOL really? only 2.2k adults? and its done over phone and cell phone... ok why not like public survey or other none tech surveying... how about asking others who have Internet if they have adults who never connect on the net.. that might work for an online study lol though not very accurate[/citation]

Actually a survey size of 2,200 people allows for a very manageable survey with a high certainty. For example, the Gallup Polls that correctly predicted the 2008 election with a sample size of 3,050 had only 2.1% error. The reason why the survey was conducted over cellphones and phones is that pseudorandomness is easily attained. A public survey has regional bias and asking internet users if they know people who do not use the internet has a socioeconomic bias. While using mail would have been suitable, it has a much higher overhead with not noticeable benefits over a phone survey. From the information given in this article, the survey looks as if it could be very accurate; however, I do not know any other details about it.

 

[Guest]

The 21% of americans view technology as witchcraft and voodoo.

 

[chickenhoagie]

as time goes on, this percentage will drop dramatically..its all about the age of the user. people who grow up in the internet world, will endorse it. but you can never get everyone to have internet. for some, its just too much against their policies and views.

but how i feel about this is, YES WE NEED HIGH-SPEED INTERNET. nope, not talking about super fast cable. I'm talking about what the chinese have. why can't we have what they have? its ridiculous. its America. China is communist and they still have better internet than us.