What is the income distribution of people in the US and Canada with
broadband internet access.  Include your source.

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Request for Question Clarification by answerfinder-ga on 28 Jan 2004 01:02 PST

Dear full_o_questions-ga,
I have some widely quoted figures for the US dated late 2002, but
cannot find any useful figures for Canada. Will this meet your
requirements?
answerfinder-ga

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Clarification of Question by full_o_questions-ga on 28 Jan 2004 15:19 PST

Sure, I can work with that as long as I have a source. Thank-you

Dear full_o_questions-ga, 

The details appear below, but in case it has not formatted properly
when I paste the answer, please refer to the original to check the
details - especially the 2nd one.

This is from an anaylsis by the Office of Technology Policy, U.S.
Department of Commerce, dated  September 23, 2002, on broadband
technology. It quotes research by Leichtman Research) published in
September 2002 (1,000-household survey). This research is widely
quoted on the internet.

INCOME        HAVE BROADBAND         WANT BROADBAND      NOT ONLINE
< $35,000          4%                      12%                70%
$35k-$50k          11%                     20%                51%
$50k-$75k          14%                     24%                40%
$75k-$100k         17%                     30%                29%
Over $100k         28%                     37%                15%
Mean               $69,200                 $62,700            $41,700
("Broadband Internet Adoption Driven by Higher Income Groups,"
Leichtman Research Group, Sept. 17, 2002).
http://www.technology.gov/reports/TechPolicy/Broadband_020921.pdf

Additional information, again quoting Leichtman Research, appears in
this article ?Taking the Broadband View?

U.S. household online status by income 
Household Income  % of Income Group  % of Income Group    % of Income Group 
                  with Narrowband    with Broadband       Want Broadband 
Under $35,000          26%                4%                    12% 
$35,000-$50,000        38                 11                    20 
$50,000-$75,000        46                 14                    24 
$75,000-$100,000       54                 17                    30 
Over $100,000          57                 28                    37 
Source: Leichtman Research Group 
http://www.thestreet.com/tech/georgemannes/10042823.html


Leichtman Research press release
http://www.leichtmanresearch.com/press/0917release.pdf


As for Canada, this is all I could find.

" - When non-users were asked to identify the greatest barrier that
keeps them from using the Internet, cost was cited by the largest
percentage of people. Lack of access to computers or the Internet was
the second most often cited barrier.
 - Non-users with the lowest incomes were most likely to report cost
as a barrier to the Internet use. Of those with less than $20 000
household income, 42 percent reported cost as a barrier to use,
compared with the next income level of $20 000 to $29 999, where 35
percent reported cost as a barrier.
 - At the other end of the scale, not having enough time is a major
barrier to use for non-users earning over $50 000, and is reported by
a higher percentage of non-users earning more than $80 000 than any
other income group."
http://broadband.gc.ca/pub/program/NBTF/chapter2.html

I hope this answers your question. If it does not, or the answer is
unclear, then please ask for clarification of this research before
rating the answer. I shall respond to the clarification request as
soon as I receive it.
Thank you
answerfinder


broadband "income groups" US
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=broadband+%22income+groups%22+US&btnG=Google+Search

This is perfect, Thank-you.