We dont need Internet??

So i was under the impression that most people living in the U.S. and most other western countries for that matter, find the internet irreplaceable and absolutely necessary in their daily lives. Imagine my surprise when i found an article on CNN discussing a survey in California on how many people find the internet unnecessary in their lives. According to this article, or more specifically Park Associates a Dallas-based technology market research firm, "29 percent of U.S. households, or 31 million homes, do not have Internet access and do not intend to subscribe to an Internet service over the next 12 months." CRAZY. And i mean i can totally understand internet being expensive and people not wanting or unable to pay for it but then the article hits me with "Forty-four percent of these households say they are not interested in anything on the Internet, versus just 22 percent who say they cannot afford a computer or the cost of Internet service, the survey showed." Although i was very surprised, it is also a little bit of a relief that American society is not quite as internet-obsessed as i first thought. Good to know.

here is the site of the article if you want to have a look. http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/03/26/internet.holdouts.reut/index.html?eref=rss_tech