I won't comment on the first parts. ;-) The rest is completely true, other than Brian is talking about 24 million households can't get it in the first place vs. 24 million households that don't want it that you (and others on the list) took it to mean.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "MDK" <rea...@muddyfrogwater.us> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 10:58 PM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] From Today's WSJ > Is that directly off the pages of the Democrat National Committee "Blast > Fax" talking points of the day? > > Shame on you, Jack. > > There's easily 24 million households THAT DO NOT WANT OR WILL NOT PAY FOR > broadband. > > I have some areas where I cover 100% of the households, nobody else does, > and yet, I can only get 60 percent of them to subscribe. The rest? > Too > expensive (even 25.50/mo is 'too much') or "we don't even have a computer" > is still something I hear semi regularly. > > I don't think my demographics are specifically average... but they're not > THAT far off the norm. > > In the last 2 years I've lost 5 customers to cable and dsl. 1 to another > provider (was glad to see them go), but that's less than the number who > have moved or died. I think we've seen nearly the limits of cable and > dsl > expansion where I am. And they've covered a good 75% of the population, > even as rural as we are. The WSJ article is dead on right, from what I > can tell. My growth is now the niche areas that aren't high on the cable > or dsl deployment priority, yet I'm seeing the "want" for broadband to be > under 80%, even in affluent areas. > > Since our install costs are now as low as "free", depending on location, > we're seeing signficant "not heavy user" adoption. > > Now, the growth of actual data moved... The percentage increase every > month is near or at double digits. > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Jack Unger" <jun...@ask-wi.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 8:27 AM > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] From Today's WSJ > >> Sorry but this article (accidentally or intentionally) misses or (more >> likely) ignores the point that 24 or more million occupied American >> households have no access to broadband. The WSJ is merely a mouthpiece >> (especially now that Rupurt Murdoch owns it) for the telcos. >> >> jack >> >> >> Jeff Broadwick wrote: >>> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703652104574652501608376552.ht >>> ml?mod=WSJ_Opinion_AboveLEFTTop >>> >>> >>> >>> * REVIEW & OUTLOOK >>> * JANUARY 20, 2010 >>> >>> A 'National Broadband Plan' >>> One more solution in search of a problem. >>> >>> >>> The Federal Communications Commission recently told Congress that it >>> will >>> miss a February deadline for delivering a "national broadband plan" and >>> requested a one-month extension. If it keeps missing deadlines, nearly >>> everyone in the U.S. might soon have high-speed Internet. >>> >>> As part of last year's stimulus package, Congress asked the FCC for a >>> plan >>> to ensure that everybody in the country has access to broadband. That's >>> a >>> worthy goal, but the idea of a government plan is based on a false >>> presumption that the spread of broadband is stalled. The reality is that >>> broadband adoption continues apace, as does the quality and speed of >>> Internet connections. >>> >>> Between 2000 and 2008, residential broadband subscribers grew to 80 >>> million >>> from five million, according to a study by Bret Swanson of Entropy >>> Economics. Broadband penetration among active Internet users at home is >>> 94%, >>> and nearly 99% of U.S. workers connect to the Internet with broadband. A >>> typical cable modem today is 10 times faster than a decade ago. Wireless >>> bandwidth growth per capita has been no less impressive, showing a >>> 500-fold >>> increase since 2000. >>> >>> Meanwhile, U.S. information and communications technology investment in >>> 2008 >>> alone totalled $455 billion, or 22% of all U.S. capital investment. >>> Nominal >>> capital investment in telecom between 2000 and 2008 was more than $3.5 >>> trillion. >>> >>> Those who favor more government control of the Internet ignore this >>> private >>> progress and point to international rankings. According to OECD >>> estimates, >>> the U.S. ranks 15th in the world in broadband penetration per capita. >>> But >>> because household sizes differ from country to country, and the U.S. has >>> relatively large households, the per capita figures can be misleading. A >>> better way to gauge wired broadband connections is per household, not >>> per >>> person. By that measure the U.S. ranks somewhere between 8th and 10th. >>> >>> Such comparisons will soon be moot in any case because broadband >>> penetration >>> is growing rapidly in all OECD countries. The Technology Policy >>> Institute >>> notes that "at the current rates of broadband adoption the U.S. is >>> behind >>> the leaders only by a number of months, and all wealthy OECD countries >>> will >>> reach a saturation point within the next few years." >>> >>> Even the Obama Justice Department seems to reject the broadband market >>> failure thesis. "In any industry subject to significant technological >>> change, it is important that the evaluation of competition be >>> forward-looking rather than based on static definitions of products and >>> services," said the Antitrust Division in a January 4 filing to the FCC. >>> "In >>> the case of broadband services, it's clear that the market is shifting >>> generally in the direction of faster speeds and additional mobility." >>> >>> Justice concludes that while "enacting some form of regulation to >>> prevent >>> certain providers from exercising monopoly control may be tempting . . . >>> care must be taken to avoid stifling the infrastructure investments >>> needed >>> to expand broadband access." >>> >>> No matter, the default position of the Obama Administration is that >>> little >>> useful happens without government, so the FCC is busy planning. Chairman >>> Julius Genachowski is sympathetic to net neutrality regulations that >>> would >>> prevent Internet service providers from using differentiated pricing to >>> manage Web traffic. Liberal interest groups like Public Knowledge and >>> Harvard's Berkman Center for the Internet and Society are urging the >>> agency >>> to reinstitute "open access" mandates that would force cable operators >>> and >>> phone companies to share their infrastructure with rivals at >>> government-set >>> prices. >>> >>> The irony is that the private investment and innovation of recent years >>> have >>> occurred in the wake of the FCC rolling back similar rules that held >>> back >>> telecom in the 1990s. Consumers continue to have access to more and more >>> broadband services, while Google, YouTube, iTunes, Facebook and Netflix >>> originated in the U.S. >>> >>> Doesn't the Obama Administration have enough to do than mess with a part >>> of >>> the U.S. economy that is working well? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Jeff >>> >>> >>> Jeff Broadwick >>> Sales Manager, ImageStream >>> 800-813-5123 x106 (US/Can) >>> +1 574-935-8484 x106 (Int'l) >>> +1 574-935-8488 (Fax) >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> WISPA Wants You! 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