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The Future of the Internet
Susannah FoxAssociate Director
November 10, 2005
November 10, 2005 2Future of the Internet
Portrait of Access (Sept. 2005)
Broadband, 37%
Dial-up, 24%Don't know
(OL), 2%
Work only, 5%
Other, 4%
Non-user, 28%
Broadband
Dial-up
Don't know (OL)
Work only
Other
Non-user
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Share of Americans online by age(Jan-May 2005 combined data)
82 85 83 8076 73
68 68
55 57
26
17
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
18-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-75 76+
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Percent online and with home high-speedby education (Jan-May 2005 combined data)
30
57
7988
1121
36
49
0102030405060708090
100
Less thanHS (14)
High SchoolGrad (36)
Somecollege (23)
College +(26)
Online
BB@H
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Experts on the future of the internet
• “The Net will wear away institutions that have forgotten how to sound human and how to engage in conversation.”
• “The next decade should see the development of a more thoughtful internet. We've had the blood rush to the head, we've had the hangover from that blood rush; this next decade is the rethink.”
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Millions find the internet useful for making decisions about education or training(PIP Feb-March 2005 data)
53
39
2117
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Training for job Chose school
Number of adults (inmillions) who did thiswithin last 2 years
Number (in millions) whosay internet was importantor crucial
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Percent of each group who have changed their online behavior to avoid software intrusions(PIP May 2005 data)
60
4839
25
43
2818
14
0
20
40
60
80
100
Websites
Software P2P Browser
Hit by spyware
No spyware
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For more information
• Email me: [email protected]• Read reports such as “Digital Divisions” and “The
Future of the Internet”: www.pewinternet.org
