My reading of the Pew study bargraphs is people only have so much money and they’re not going to give up their smartphones which take an ever increasing share of the budget, plus they can get on WiFi at work and other places. Many people no longer have computers, just “devices”, so it’s a question of whether you go over your data plan enough to pay for unlimited fixed broadband at home. Not sure how that works with game consoles and video streaming devices though.
From: Nate Burke Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 3:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Broadband ON the decline... Comments? If I didn't get it for free at home, There's a good chance I might not have it. But that's just because I'm too cheap to have it when I do a Cost/Benefit analysis on it. I could use the $60/mo doing something more fun instead of sitting at home! On 12/23/2015 3:08 PM, Josh Reynolds wrote: Shrinking middle class, LTE, expensive bundling with cable COs and LECs, poor coverage still in rural areas where access is expensive. LTE now covers areas where DSL didn't exist, or where only low speeds were offered. On Dec 23, 2015 3:05 PM, "Gino Villarini" <[email protected]> wrote: Broadband use is on the way down cnn.it/1S6sO5v Sent from Outlook Mobile
