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A new study suggests that attitude rather than availability may be why more Americans don't have high-speed Internet access.The findings from the Pew Internet and American Life Project challenge the argument that broadband providers need to more aggressively roll out supply to meet demand.Only 14 percent of dial-up users say they're stuck with the older, slower connection because they can't get broadband in their area, Pew reported Wednesday.Other key findings:* Despite the increase in overall broadband adoption, growth in the past year has been flat among blacks; about 43 percent have home broadband.* About one-fourth of households with annual incomes less than $20,000 have fast Internet service.* Of the Americans with no Internet access at all, about a third say they have no interest in logging on.
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