Poll Says Cost Would Deter Customers Without Broadband - washingtonpost.com

"There are multiple reasons why people don't have broadband, and the hope is that if you are a policymaker you would take away from this report that a focus on availability and price will only get you part of the way there," said John Horrigan, an associate director of research at the Pew project and author of the report.

Access to computers and the difficulty of using the technology are also barriers to widespread broadband use, the report said.

Obama has made broadband deployment part of his goal to create 3 million jobs amid a spiraling economy. He also has made building more broadband networks part of his initiative to "build a 21st century economy" where small businesses in rural areas can compete globally and schoolchildren across the country have access to the fastest and best Internet technology.

Poll Says Cost Would Deter Customers Without Broadband - washingtonpost.com