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?
What situation????? If one doesn't know about internet by now there's no
level of "education" that will change that.
The local tire shop doesn't have internet access. And why should they? The
do tires and pump gas. What will the internet do for them? Really.....
Same for the local drive in, coffee shop, brewery etc. Sure they all have
internet access at home OR the office, but who needs it in both?
In the end, is it up to us to force this new technology on people? No.
It's up to them to find a way to use it. They have businesses or lives that
don't need internet access or broadband. What the heck is wrong with that?
What I'm saying is that MOST of those that honestly do have a NEED for
broadband access, of some kind, have it today. The rest don't have it cause
they don't want it.
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.
I think that much of the press that says that the US is behind the rest of
the world ignores that fact that MOST of the time people spend on line is
for entertainment. It's a play thing. The internet is taking away from TV
not creating something new. Is it really a big deal if people would rather
read a book or watch TV?
Is it realy a bad thing that folks in the US can find other things to do
besides sitting in front of the computer? I think not.
How is that rock treating you these days? No tigers I assume. ;-)
Which rock? The one I live on? Still hard to grow a lawn here. grin
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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