Study finds that 30% of Americans still do not use the internet.

According to to the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), approximately 30% of registered US citizens still do not use the internet for anything, whether it be shopping, taxes, surfing, or social media. Given roughly 300 million US citizens at the date of the study, there's roughly 91 million people who still do not use the commodity we find so common. Among these 91 million people, around 40% of them say that they simply do not think they need it. In a society that so heavily depends upon the internet for communication, the fact that so many people still do not see the use of internet is quite baffling. For others, internet access is simply too expensive to afford. However, in February 2010, the FCC announced their "100 Squared Initiative" where they planned to provide 100 million American households with 100 Mbps downstream internet connections.

Regardless of the reasons, in this day and age, not having internet access is almost like being illiterate. Without the internet, many doors are closed and so many facets of the world are off limit. Yet a large portion of American citizens still don't see the importance of an internet connection.