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Not sure I understand. I pay Comcast for Internet but dropped both cable TV and landline a couple years ago and cut the bill in about half.

Do you have more details or a source on this? I'm wondering if the 1 in 6 is no centralized household internet, or no access whatsoever e.g. via a smartphone with a data plan.

The info I'm thinking of came from a Pew report that went around work, I'm not finding that on the public internet. There is this, which comes up with a similar number:

https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2020-united-states-...

That also claims:

"The number of mobile connections in the United States of America in January 2020 was equivalent to 107% of the total population."

I'm not sure how to disaggregate that to humans. I do personally have more than one device with a data plan, although I'm not sure how typical that is.

That's not my experience with decades of different Comcast subscriptions in one city.