said by anon 12 :

start asking around to dsl and cable users,and you will be surprised as to how many don't even know what speed they have.I know a lot of people that don't even know that,and on top of that are not going to pay more a month for faster speeds when what they have now is fast enough for them

there are a lot more people than you think that don't care about speed just monthly price.people that don't watch videos or movies,or game,and large downloads don't care about super fast internet just one that works and is cheap.I myself don't need any faster than a 6 meg connection,and would not pay more a month for something that i don't need

said by anon12 :

no a lot off people are still not educated about internet at all.hell i work at 2 different places where we have people that don't even know how to use a computer,much less know about speed.for many of them dialup is still acceptable to them because they don't know any better

not to mention the millions of rural people that still cant get dsl or cable to them 1.5 meg to 3 meg would be a dream.I myself live 1/8 of a mile from dsl,and 1/2 mile from cable,and would just love to have 1,5 or 3 meg at a decent price.i currently use hughes net for 60.00 a month for 1 meg down,and 150kbps up,and a 6 gig download cap.I can get verizon evdo but its 60.00 a month for about 1.5 meg,and a 5 gig cap that's even worse than hughes

so when people say that that tired old dsl tech. is outdated,and will never compete with cable I think you are wrong if dsl was offered to everyone there would be many many rural people that would use it ,and be very happy with it,and could care less about higher speed because they are already used to slow speed internet.I would like to know the exact number of people that can not get dsl or cable because amount here if you are not within 2 1/2 miles from a dslam or the city limits,or on a main road between towns you can not get either