Marlon,
It's so much easier for you to justify the whole thing by saying
everyone that wants internet access has it. There is no way education
and economics would change this situation?
There is information that should have been included in this article to
better explain the real situation but the author of this article does
tell the story the way they see it as most people do.
How is that rock treating you these days? No tigers I assume. ;-)
Regards,
Dawn DiPietro
Marlon K. Schafer wrote:
Two thoughts here Dawn.
First, any bets as to how many of the 22% that "can't afford the
computer etc." DO have cable TV? I know what the numbers are like in
MY area.... It's near 100%.
Next, if 17% say that they don't know how to use the internet it's
cause they don't want to. Every town here has FREE internet access.
Open to the public in the library. Everyone also has friends with
computers that would let their friends use the internet on if it was
needed.
No, as much as we technogeeks like to think that the world would come
to an end without internet access, the truth of the matter is that
it's still possible to live one's life without internet access. And
fully 1/3rd of the US population has decided they like it that way.
Isn't it great to live in a country that still has so many other
options!!!!
marlon
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn DiPietro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 3:01 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] one-third of U.S. households have no
Internet...and donot plan to get it
All,
If you read the article it also says 22% of those people said they
did not feel they could not afford the computer and everything
associated with getting on the Internet so that number is a little
misleading in my opinion. Plus 17% of those respondents not on the
Internet said they did not know how to use it. If this was not the
case then I bet they would subscribe for Internet services. So it
sounds to me like if these people were educated in how to use the
Internet and could afford it they might see the value.
Regards,
Dawn DiPietro
John Scrivner wrote:
Remember this the next time someone tells you how "the US is behind
in broadband".
Scriv
George Rogato wrote:
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - A little under one-third of
U.S. households have no Internet access and do not plan to get it,
with most of the holdouts seeing little use for it in their lives,
according to a survey released on Friday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070326/od_nm/internet_holdouts_odd_dc;_ylt=Ajd_D_JeLhjUgI3IVOtLYJntiBIF
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