Not at all true Tom. We still have almost as many dialup users as we do
broadband. And many of those dialup users CAN get access to broadband.
Often at a rate below what they are spending on dialup.
Don't ask me why the won't switch, I don't have an answer..... But it's
still a fact of life out here in the real world.
People usually (I'd guess at least 50%) don't go broadband because they
don't want/care about it.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom DeReggi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Lack of Competition LeavesU.S.16th Among
IndustrializedNations
Peter,
I do not agree with those statistics.
Why would anyone prefer DialUp for the same price? Don't think so.
A large part of that 68% are DialUp Users NOT by choice.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Rogato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Lack of Competition Leaves U.S.16th Among
IndustrializedNations
Peter R. wrote:
We are actually at the point where about 68% of the US population has
Internet.
The rest don't own a computer or do not want Internet.
Some of that 68% is still on dial-up. For some it is a price thing. For
some it is not understanding technology. For some it is to make the
experience painful to avoid wasting hours on the internet.
So dropping the price - as SBC and VZ have experienced - to sub-$15 gets
you some dial-up conversions. But when the price returns to normal, some
switch back to cheaper dial-up.
The dilemma becomes How do you get more internet appliance (PC's,
laptops, PDAs, internet terminal) penetration?
The marketing question is: What Remarkable & Useful things can you do
with broadband (other than entertainment)?
That's my 2 cents.
Peter @ RAD-INFO, Inc.
I agree with you, I still have a considerable amount of dial up
subscribers.
There needs to be a motivator, other than price, that makes these types
of users decide to trade up. They have to want to.
And I thought giant pictures killing their email would have done the
trick by now :(
George
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