Re: must read ] Case closed: why most of USA lacks 100Mbps 'Net connections

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Gerry Faulhaber" <gerry-faulhaber () mchsi com>
Date: February 27, 2010 11:16:50 AM EST
To: <dave () farber net>
Subject: Re: [IP] must read ] Case closed: why most of USA lacks 100Mbps 'Net connections

Dave [for IP if you like]--
 
A critical number that we all forget when talkinig about (wireline)  BB to every home: less than 80% (maybe more like 
76%) of US households have a PC, and this number exhibits almost no recent growth. 63% of households now have BB.  If 
you don't have a PC you will never get wireline BB.  So our actual room for improvement in wireline BB (to catch up 
with Denmark and Korea in the OECD league tables, if that is our national objective) is very slim.
 
I agree with Genachowski and Blair Levin at the FCC that we need to plan much more seriously about wireless BB.
 
Professor Emeritus Gerry Faulhaber
Wharton School and Penn Law, University of Pennsylvania
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From: Dave Farber
To: ip
Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 9:27 AM
Subject: [IP] must read ] Case closed: why most of USA lacks 100Mbps 'Net connections





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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 connections
> >
> > Case 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 interested; more often because they can't afford the prices.
> [[snip]]
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