“High-speed Internet service is still just a dream for many Americans who live in rural areas and find themselves beyond the reach of DSL or cable broadband lines.

However, in a report released Sunday, the Pew Internet Project says that the broadband gap – although still significant – is narrowing between rural dwellers and those who live in urban and suburban areas.

In 2003, only 9 percent of rural residents had home broadband service.

Their city counterparts were more than twice as likely to have service – 21 percent for urban dwellers and 23 percent for suburban dwellers.

By the end of 2005, the percentage of rural residents with broadband had more than doubled, to 24 percent.

"Rural broadband users are no different than home high-speed users elsewhere; they go online more often and do more online activities than dial-up users," said the report's principal author, John B. Horrigan, Pew Internet Project associate director.”


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