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must read ] Case closed: why most of USA lacks 100Mbps 'Net connections
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:27:14 -0500
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From: Mary Shaw <mary.shaw () gmail com> Date: February 27, 2010 9:21:55 AM EST To: dave () farber net, Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>Subject: Re: [IP] Case closed: why most of USA lacks 100Mbps 'Net connections
Perhaps a small thing, but details matter. The Pew Foundation's project on the Internet and American Life published an annual assessment of the demographics of Internet users. According to the current survey at http://www.pewinternet.org/Static-Pages/Trend-Data/Whos-Online.aspx in December 2009 74% of American adults used the internet. This is a slight drop from their survey in April 2009, which did not include Spanish interviews. At that time they found that 79% of English-speaking adults use the internet. Back to December 2009, penetration is 93% for the age 18-29 demographic, so it's probably fair to assume that it's also high for kids under 18, down to some age that I can't pin down where penetration is more in their parents' control than their own. Penetration is only 60% for household income less than $30K/year, but I don' t know how to separate "can't afford" from "don't care", though the 39% penetration for adults with less than high school education provides a hint. Their April 2009 survey showed 63% with broadband at home with an average monthly bill of $39, up 15% from a year earlier. http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/10-Home-Broadband-Adoption-2009.aspx Main reasons for not using the Internet or email were "just not interested" (22%), "don't have access" (16%) and "too expensive" (10%) Mary Shaw On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 5:06 AM, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:Begin forwarded message: From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks) Date: February 24, 2010 1:45:49 PM EST To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy () warpspeed com>Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Case closed: why most of USA lacks 100Mbps 'Net connectionsCase closed: why most of USA lacks 100Mbps 'Net connections By Matthew Lasar | Last updated February 23, 2010 9:42 AM<http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/02/case-closed-why-most-of-usa-lacks-100mbps-net-connections.ars >[[snip]]But in case you didn't notice, 100Mbps x 100 million didn't happen. About 75 to 77 million Americans currently access some kind of broadband, according to the latest data. That's only assuming, however, that you accept 200Kbps as a flavor of "high speed Internet." And a huge chunk of the population (over 30 percent) never go online at all—less because they're retired and not intere sted; more often because they can't afford the prices.[[snip]]
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