75% of US Households Have Internet Access at Home and on Mobile Phone, Says LRG
Fifteen percent of U.S. households don’t get internet service at home, reported Leichtman Research Group Monday. The 85 percent of households with internet service is up a point from 2014. Broadband serves 96 percent of households with Internet service at…
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home, it said. In addition, 81 percent of adults access the internet on a smartphone, and another 1 percent have access on another type of mobile phone, up from 63 percent in 2014. Three quarters of U.S. households get internet service at home plus on a mobile phone, up from 59 percent in 2014, it said. Half of U.S. households with an internet service at home watch video online daily vs. 29 percent five years ago, it said. Among adults with an internet service at home, the mean time spent online at home is 3.7 hours per day -- up from 2.8 hours per day in 2014. The segment of households opting to solely access the internet on a mobile phone “has plateaued,” said principal Bruce Leichtman.