The Wired and the Diswired

There’s no shortage of reasons why people get Internet access. The chart here, showing data from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, details the ways Americans use it. Still, a small but significant number of folks—about 3.3 million as of last September—once had access but have given it up. Why? The NTIA found 22 percent of them saying it’s too expensive. Fourteen percent lacked a computer; 11 percent could get access elsewhere. But 20 percent said they simply don’t want it.