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DATA NUGGET
May 23, 2000


Rural Residents Pine for Local Info

People living in rural areas are less happy with local Internet content than city dwellers, according to a February survey of 1,000 Netizens. Here's how rural-ites feel:


55% of rural residents find useful local information online, vs. 78% of urban dwellers

57% of rural respondents said the needs of people in nonurban areas are underserved online

62% of rural residents said their Internet service provider was locally based

DATA: Streetmail, Greenfield Online

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