| Several factors, including geography and population | | | | evenly split. DSL is less likely to serve rural |
| density, account for the 71 percent of American | | | | residents; service is only available within a |
| households that the U.S. Government | | | | three-mile radius of a central office. |
| Accountability Office (GAO) details barriers to | | | | Certain household factors make residents more |
| high-speed Internet adoption. | | | | or less likely to subscribe to broadband services. |
| Twenty-eight percent of American households | | | | Households with high incomes are 39 percent |
| subscribed to broadband service in 2005, about 30 | | | | more likely to subscribe to broadband than |
| million homes. Of the remaining 71 percent of | | | | lower-income households. College-educated heads |
| households, 30 percent subscribe to dial-up | | | | of households are 12 percent more likely to adopt |
| Internet service, and 41 percent have no home | | | | broadband than households headed by someone |
| access. Among broadband subscribers, distribution | | | | without a college degree. |
| between cable modemand DSL was almost | | | | |