A recent Pew study found that 70% of American adults had a high speed Internet connection at home. Another 10% did not have a high speed connection at home but did have a smartphone. If we apply these findings to the entire US population, this means that 20% of American adults (some 47 million people) have "neither a home broadband connection nor a smartphone." With all public libraries offering free public Internet access and the overwhelming majority providing broadband access, libraries are uniquely positioned to connect everyone to the Internet.
