South Lags on Internet Use
By: Rob Holland
February 2001

In a U.S. Department of Commerce study on how much is being bought on the Internet, the South appears to be lagging behind in its use of the technology.

"Almost a third (32.7 percent) of Americans use the Internet somewhere, but in the South only 29.8 percent are using it," said Rob Holland of the Agricultural Development Center at The University of Tennessee.

The study showed that only 20 percent of Southerners have the Internet available at home, and only 15.6 percent use it at work.