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Minneapolis, MN | reply to asdfdfdfdf
Re: Why US broadband adoption rate is lower 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. |
