On 22 May 2006 at 12:10, Bernie Cosell wrote: > No, I think you overestimate the significance of your tiny sample set.
No actually she doesn't, I do consulting and working with thousands of clients yearly, Diane is quite correct in her statements. I live in Vancouver, BC, Canada and we have some of the best choices in internet service. There's LOTS of competition and lot's of selection from cheap consumer connections at $25/month up to expensive enterprise connections at $2k-$5k/month for up to 30mb full duplex. Dealing with lots of CEO's and such, many don't even have highspeed at home, heck some don't even have computers in their home. > Right, and you conclude that "folk who don't watch TV' is a significant > sample set and extrapolate from that, rather than consider that they > might be very-far-removed outliers. I suspect the non-tv watchin group is MUCH smaller than the non-highspeed internet access group. > We only disagree on the magnitude of 'large' -- look at how many blogs > there are, and how many folk flock to myspace and its ilk. Yes, there > Obviously ourMMV on this, but I think that betting on "large numbers of > folk being content with low bandwidth connections" is a losing > proposition. Well considering that the VAST majority of the human population on this planet don't have access to electricity, let alone a computer or the internet, your comment on the magnitude of "large" looks pretty small ;-) -- Harondel J. Sibble Sibble Computer Consulting Creating solutions for the small business and home computer user. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (use pgp keyid 0x3AD5C11D) http://www.pdscc.com (604) 739-3709 (voice/fax) (604) 686-2253 (pager) -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
