LOL I guess you could put those words into my mouth.
*I'm* not the one that doesn't want internet. I don't think that businesses
can be as efficient without internet as they could be with it. But it's not
my job to run their businesses, it's simply to supply services to them.
We don't do online banking either. Anyone have to get a new cc lately,
cause hackers got your card number? grin
Let go back to the original point though. Fully 1/3rd of the population
doesn't give a rat's behind about the internet. Who are we to FORCE it upon
them? Who are you (not you but generically...) to tell them that they HAVE
to use it?
I'd guess that these same arguments took place over the automobile,
electricity, telephone, radio, TV etc. Heck, probably there were people
that saw no need for the written word in the first place. Or how about the
fork? There will always be those that don't care about the latest new
"thing" out there. So what? The rest of us will use it and be happy. They
won't and be happy. Who's wrong in that? No one.
marlon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dawn DiPietro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] one-third of U.S. households have noInternet...and
donotplan to get it
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" <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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