I don’t see that much research on dialup these days, and the latest from Pew, called Home Broadband 2008, conceals its dialup examination in a title that's all broadband.

Pew is, literally, worth paying attention to precisely because the research is released for free, and it's very good.

The report is only 31 pages, and very clear.

Data point one: dialup is down to 10 percent of households.

The folks at BBR are more interested in why people still have dialup, and also why some reject the internet entirely. To those who say the internet is a waste of time, BBR's Karl Bode writes, "Some days I agree with gramps on that last one."

One BBR user points to a service that claims to offer the cheapest dialup in the U.S.—with no technical support. The service, VTISP, is part of Access the Net, which dates back to 1997. On the AccNet page, an interesting SlipStream offer, $2.95 per month.

The Pew data has a significant amount of demographic information. If you're writing a business plan or concocting a marketing campaign, this free data could help you.