The FINANCIAL — Regular Internet users nationwide overwhelmingly agree that the Internet provides more bang for their buck than cable television.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 72% of adults who go online at least once a week say the Internet is a better value for the dollar than cable TV. Just 10% say cable TV is the better value, while another 18% are undecided.
Though a majority of all Adult Internet users believe the Internet is a better value, younger adults feel much more strongly than their elders.
These results perhaps aren’t too surprising given that most Internet users routinely go online to answer questions and give high marks to search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Bing.
Still, cable news and the Internet draw roughly the same number of Americans when it comes to weather reporting.
Those who use the Internet the most often – every day or nearly every day – feel even more strongly that it is a better value than cable.
Just 21% of voters think the Federal Communications Commission should regulate the Internet like it does radio and television. Most voters worry that regulation would be used to push a political agenda.
Last January, more voters said cable news was their primary source for political news than the Internet.
But one-in-five voters now regularly get news and political updates on their phones or other portable electronic devices.
Seventy percent (70%) of adults worry, however, that Americans have become too dependent on electronic devices like computers and calculators.
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