Editing Dial-up Internet access (section)

==Availability==
Dial-up connections to the Internet require no additional [[infrastructure]] other than the [[telephone network]] and the modems and servers needed to make and answer the calls. Because telephone access is widely available, dial-up is often the only choice available for [[Rural internet|rural or remote]] areas, where [[broadband]] installations are not prevalent due to low population density and high infrastructure cost.<ref name="cbc.ca"/> 

A 2008 [[Pew Research Center]] study stated that only 10% of US adults still used dial-up Internet access. The study found that the most common reason for retaining dial-up access was high broadband prices. Users cited lack of infrastructure as a reason less often than stating that they would never upgrade to broadband.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,375624,00.html |title=Many Dial-Up Users Don't Want Broadband |access-date=2009-11-03 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=[[Fox News Channel]] | date=2008-07-07}}</ref> That number had fallen to 6% by 2010,{{r|todd20120215}} and to 3% by 2013.<ref>{{citation | title=3% of Americans use dial-up at home |url=http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/08/21/3-of-americans-use-dial-up-at-home/ | work=Pew Research Center|date=21 August 2013 | access-date=2013-11-28}}</ref>

A survey conducted in 2018 estimated that 0.3% of Americans were using dial-up by 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Percentage of households in the United States in 2017, by internet subscription |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/185602/broadband-and-dial-up-internet-connection-usage-in-the-us/ |website=statista.com |publisher=Joseph Johnson |access-date=17 February 2021}}</ref>

The [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|CRTC]] estimated that there were 336,000 Canadian dial-up users in 2010.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/dial-up-internet-used-by-hundreds-of-thousands-in-canada-1.1202392|title=Dial-up internet used by hundreds of thousands in Canada {{!}} CBC News|work=CBC|access-date=2018-06-03|date=2012-05-12|language=en-US}}</ref>