The FCC has found that broadband is available in 100 percent of zip codes in the United States, service remains relatively scarce in those zip codes with very low population densities.

One investment analyst found that broadband penetration as a percentage of total subscribers is 30.5% for rural telephone companies compared to 27.7% with Verizon, AT&T and Qwest.

30 to 40 million households have access to broadband connectivity have not taken advantage of it.

Only 10 percent of the 400 million mobile phones in India are internet enabled and only a fraction of those individuals actually subscribe to internet service.

In India, only 10 million people have access to broadband, and most of those individuals are located in major cities, while 400 million people have mobile phones.

40 percent of households in the United States still don’t have broadband, and the percentages are even lower when you look at just rural areas.

It is estimated that 8 percent to 10 percent of the nation’s hinterland households do not have access to high-speed Internet service.

Data on the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) indicates that more than 56 percent of all cities with populations above 100,000 had DSL available, but less than 5 percent of cities with populations less than 10,000 had DSL service (NTIA; USDA, p. ii).

Broadband penetration differs by location: central city (12.2 percent) vs. urban (11.8 percent) vs. rural (7.3 percent) vs. U.S. (10.7 percent).

One study concludes that, in order to achieve ubiquitous mobile broadband coverage, approximately 16,000 new towers will need to be constructed, disproportionately in rural areas.