Marlon,
Are you sure you are in the business of selling Internet? You find more
excuses why potential customers don't need your services. The Internet
is NOT just for entertainment.
So I suppose this tire shop doesn't use a phone, make appointments,
order parts, check on parts ordered, have a bank account and making so
much money that they don't need to find ways to save time and money? Do
you really believe that none of these businesses in your area have a
need for an Internet connection? If you do then it is time to find
something else to sell.
Regards,
Dawn DiPietro
Marlon K. Schafer wrote:
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" <[email protected]>
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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