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[ NNSquad ] Re: U.S. broadband adoption hits 7-year low
Lets not forget the current economic situation in the US. Joe American has less and less disposable income now that his petrol costs twice as much while his dollar is worth 2/3 what it was only a few years ago. The petrol increase alone on a modest 10 mile daily commute would be enough to cover the cost of the network service. There are the refusniks also. I had a relatively intelligent individual convey to me recently that a business contact asked for his email address, to which he replied he had none, to the shock of the contact. His justification was "I want to support the government, so I will use a stamp." After I explained to him that a) the postal service was probably losing money on those stamps due to the fuel cost increase and b) that the internet started as a DARPA project, his attitude changed a bit, but probably not enough to encourage him to join us all in the 21st century. Enjoy, Scott On Tue, 12 Aug 2008, Bob Frankston wrote: > This reminds me of PC in 1995 when I observed that anyone buying a PC > already has one. Either you had a reason to buy a PC or you didn't. The web > provided a new reason and it also helped that Windows 95 made the PC far > more usable. (Apple was asleep at that point). > > > > If you don't have "broadband" by now what reason would you suddenly discover > to get it. This is why I point out that we need to think about connectivity > as infrastructure and taking advantage of it for more than surfing and > shopping. > > [ I believe that the above qualifies as somewhat condescending > also. I sense something of a worrisome disconnect from the > real world of ordinary consumers (and their concerns). Sorry > about that, Bob. > > -- Lauren Weinstein > NNSquad Moderator ] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: nnsquad-bounces+nnsquad=bobf.frankston.com@nnsquad.org > [mailto:nnsquad-bounces+nnsquad=bobf.frankston.com@nnsquad.org] On Behalf Of > Lauren Weinstein > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 20:55 > To: nnsquad@nnsquad.org > Cc: lauren@vortex.com > Subject: [ NNSquad ] U.S. broadband adoption hits 7-year low > > > > > > U.S. broadband adoption hits 7-year low > > > > http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/08/us-broadband-sp.html > > > > --Lauren-- > > NNSquad Moderator > >