Broadband and ICT Access and Use by Households and Individuals

Use of the Internet and broadband is spreading rapidly, and 1.5 billion people now have Interent access. Their socio-economic characteristics influence how they use the Internet, and there is evidence that new kinds of “digital use divides” based on these socio-economic differences are appearing as the original digital access divides narrow. These new divides will need policy attention if they are to be overcome.