Are the over 50-years old on the Internet? Heck, half of them have broadband at home!

If I had a nickel for every time a prospective client told me the 50-and-over set aren't online I would have stopped writing this newsletter long ago and started my second career as a professional poker player years ago.

Now the Pew Internet and American Life Project comes out with data not just about who is online, but who has broadband.  What's the big finding in the report?

Half of Americans between the ages of 50 and 64 have broadband at home.

This is an important development, since this total doesn't include 50+ year olds with dialup, or 50+ year olds with broadband in the workplace who are also online.

We can probably stop worrying about whether or not this segment is online, they are, and they have the capability to waste an hour with YouTube videos, just like them gosh-darned kids.

Read the entire Pew report on broadband penetration here [PDF].