On average, how many users are there for every internet subscription,
in the U.S.?
For instance, analysts in Britian feel that there are 1.4 internet
users per subscription.
And where did you get this number?

Hi-

I have found the answer to your question stated in your exact terms.
However, the number may be derived from available data.

There are 174.6 M Americans now online, according to to Nielsen/
NetRatings,
Feb 2002
http://www.nielsennetratings.com

And, acccording to a survey, compiled by Telecommunications Reports
International, a Washington, D.C.-based telecommunications information
publisher and a unit of CCH Inc., the number of online household
subscribers dropped a slight .29 percent during the first quarter of
this year to
just under 68.5 million.
http://dc.internet.com/news/article.php/2101_756771

This estimate of subscribtions matches fairly closely with earlier
data from

Source: Telecommunications Reports International
http://www.tr.com/
nline Growth by Access Technology November 2001

Technology Customers
Growth in Q3 2001

Paid Dial-Up ISP
53,294,752
2.1%

Free ISPs
(active subscribers)
4,850,000
-46.7%

Cable Modems
5,314,909
7.7%

Internet TV
812,000
-33.6%

DSL
3,524,000
13.1%

Satellite
114,000
0.0%

Total
67,909,661
-3.9%

So, if we divide 174.6 M by 68.5 M we get 2.5 users per subscription.

A figure seemingly in part substatiated by the fact that 69 percent of
broadband households more than one computer, and 40 percent have three
or more computers in the house.
"The Broadband Difference:How online Americans’ behavior changes with
high-speed Internet connections at home"
http://www.pewinternet.org


A major government report, A Nation Online: How Americans Are
Expanding Their Use of the Internet, is full of data on Internet use
(however, in a quick perusal I did not find the particular ratio you
seek).
U.S. Department of Commerce
http://www.esa.doc.gov/508/esa/nationonline.htm

Here are a few major findings:
More than half of the nation is now online. In September 2001, 143
million Americans (about 54 percent of the population) were using the
Internet — an increase of 26 million in 13 months. In September 2001,
174 million people (or 66 percent of the population) in the United
States used computers.

Of the universe of Internet users, 10.0 percent of Internet users
access the Internet at a public library.

Homes with broadband have, on average, a higher number of individual
Internet users.

I hope information meets your needs.

Nellie Bly

Great Nellie, thanks.