ABSTRACT
This chapter confronts the thorny matter of digital divides, the profound social and spatial discrepancies in access to digital technologies that are found in many areas. It examines the changing social and spatial differentials in access to the internet in the US in the period between 2000 and 2015. "Access", of course, is a nebulous term that exhibits different meanings; perhaps the multiplicity of meanings is optimal for conveying the complexity of the digital divide, which does not lend itself easily to simple dichotomies. The chapter charts the growth in the absolute and relative numbers of different groups of American internet users in terms of their access at home and at work from 2000 to 2015. It explores the changing meanings of the American digital divide in an age in which access has become widespread, internet usage is of unparalleled importance, market imperatives dominate, and the consequences of not getting online are ever more profound.
