Fox McCloud
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| Hmmm error?
I'd be willing to guess that this is the number of connections that exist. As for the total number of people who use the Internet? I'd say triple or even quadruple that number.
This also doesn't take into account the large amount of dial-up users that still exist out there...
hmm, it would be rather interesting to see just how many total Internet (no matter the technology) users there are out there...note, users, not connections... |
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BIGMIKE
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join:2002-06-07
Westminster, CA
| What is broadband?
Various definers of broadband have assigned a minimum data rate to the term. Here are a few:
* Newton's Telecom Dictionary: "...greater than a voice grade line of 3 KHz...some say [it should be at least] 20 KHz."
* Jupiter Communications: at least 256 Kbps.
* IBM Dictionary of Computing: A broadband channel is "6 MHz wide."
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firephoto
KDE
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join:2003-03-18 | Broadband...
If it's faster than dialup then it's broadband in the good ol' U. S. of A. |
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LaZ3R
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| Internet = Life
Can we stop and think for a second what we would do without the internet now that we've all grown so accustomed to it? If the internet ever dies... A good 10% of Earth goes with it. 
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tschmidt
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| Users or Customers?
That does not seem like very many to me.
I wonder if they are estimating total broadband users or simply the number of customers.
We have had a home LAN since 1998 and four family members share a single connection. Are we 1 or 4 of the 298 million?
/Tom |
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rawgerz
In Debt we trust
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Re: Hmmm error?
»point-topic.com/content/gbs/faq.htm#2
quote:
How does Point Topic collate the data?
Point Topic has a rolling research programme utilising well over 400 different sources per quarter for updating information on individual operators' and countries' broadband subscriber numbers.
We use company press releases, media reports, visit websites, contact particular operators and regulatory bodies directly through our growing network of contacts built up over many years.
Many operators still do not release quarterly reports but only annual ones. Some also aggregate subscriber trends into overall totals, avoiding break-downs by technology. In these cases, Point Topic has continued conservatively estimating broadband figures. Important sources for estimated totals are partial or earlier reports by the operators themselves.
Individual numbers are mediciously referenced and contain a brief desciption of whether they are primary or estimated numbers.
I don't think I would trust a source that did not spell check their FAQ's! 
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Fox McCloud
Crazy like a fox.
join:2006-07-23 | reply to tschmidt
Re: Users or Customers?
that's what I was mostly getting at, Tom; I suspect that your family would be "1"...if each customer is counted, I can believe those numbers; if each user was counted...I would think it would be much MUCH higher. |
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Fox McCloud
Crazy like a fox.
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| reply to firephoto
Re: Broadband...
said by firephoto  :If it's faster than dialup then it's broadband in the good ol' U. S. of A. actually, no; ISDN and 1xRTT (128k and 144k respectively) are both non-broadband technologies. Broadband, as defined by the FCC is 256 kilobits down. |
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macaholic
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join:2003-08-31
Jackson Heights, NY | very simple
In terms of market penetration not percentages....
population wise we outnumber them.. (hmmm, or do we????)
Ben
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Yawn
@verizon.net
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fiberguy
Yauch
| Yawn...
The sky is falling... The sky is falling!
The USA sucks. The USA has no broadband. Errr.... ummmm... well the USA has more broadband subscribers than any other country but the USA still sucks...
Where do you idiots come up with this crap? |
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Gawd
@verizon.net
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Re: Internet = Life
said by LaZ3R :Can we stop and think for a second what we would do without the internet now that we've all grown so accustomed to it? If the internet ever dies... A good 10% of Earth goes with it. Christ! You actually believe that don't you? |
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Time4aNAP
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Des Plaines, IL
| reply to Fox McCloud
Re: Hmmm error?
said by Fox McCloud :This also doesn't take into account the large amount of dial-up users that still exist out there... Maybe that's because it's a broadband analysis.  |
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Time4aNAP
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join:2007-04-09
Des Plaines, IL
| reply to BIGMIKE
Re: What is broadband?
said by BIGMIKE :* IBM Dictionary of Computing: A broadband channel is "6 MHz wide." LOL...I'm going to see what's on the broadband tube... |
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tschmidt
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| reply to BIGMIKE
The term as used in computer speak is grossly abused.
In reality it has nothing to do with bits per second rather the width of the channel in Hertz. But I digress.
There really ought to be another term coined that denotes channel speed in bits per second.
/Tom |
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TigerLord
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Re: very simple
said by macaholic :In terms of market penetration not percentages.... population wise we outnumber them.. (hmmm, or do we????) Ben You think the US outnumbers China population wise? Or was it sarcastic ? |
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tonyfer2
join:2002-08-14
Elizabeth, NJ
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Re: Yawn...
yawn suck my usa co-k |
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OreoleO
Wanna Settle This Outside??
join:2004-05-22
Feasterville Trevose, PA
| reply to Gawd
Re: Internet = Life
said by Gawd :said by LaZ3R :Can we stop and think for a second what we would do without the internet now that we've all grown so accustomed to it? If the internet ever dies... A good 10% of Earth goes with it. Christ! You actually believe that don't you? What happens to all the myspace kids, what are they going to do |
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ipzedge
join:2007-07-28
Jamestown, CA | reply to Time4aNAP
Re: Hmmm error?
how many dial-up users are there? |
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