 RR ConductorHappy 40th AmtrakPremium
join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA
kudos:1 | reply to pnh102
Re: Why US broadband adoption rate is lower There's a HUGE difference between having it available and being able to afford it. We need a Broadband TVA or REA. |
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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | said by RR Conductor:There's a HUGE difference between having it available and being able to afford it. We need a Broadband TVA or REA. Or if people want it that bad, they can get an extra job to pay for it too.
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| Obviously everyone can get just about anything in this world if they are willing to pay enough for it. That isn't much of an argument for anything.
Penetration rates are about service availability at a compelling price. I don't know that anyone has really solid data for this country but it looks like cable has much better availability than dsl. The last time burstein came out with dsl estimates they hadn't changed much from previous years. In other words it looks like dsl coverage has largely stagnated in the 70% range. Many states are in the 60-70% range. Dsl has introductory prices that are moving customers from dial-up. Dsl penetration is growing at a faster rate than cable. Cable is available to more people but still remains relatively expensive.
The long and the short of it is that cable is resisting lowering rates to those needed to rapidly accelerate penetration, though it has good availability, while the telcos have poor availability but good pricing that is drawing people from dial-up. |
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dynodbPremium,VIP
join:2004-04-21
Minneapolis, MN | said by asdfdfdfdf :
Obviously everyone can get just about anything in this world if they are willing to pay enough for it. That isn't much of an argument for anything.
Penetration rates are about service availability at a compelling price. According to the linked article, 26% of households don't even have a computer. Of the 74% that do, some are only interested in the occasional e-mail to the grandkids, just use their work account during the day or otherwise just have no need or desire to get broadband.
Yes, significant numbers of people who want it either can't get it at all or at a price they're willing to pay, but with budget DSL packages out there that aren't much more expensive than dial-up and the rapid expansion of broadband availability in the past few years, it seems to me that many people who don't have it just don't want it. |
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