rtcpenguin
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Re: Good to hear!
said by Vamp  : said by SequimPC :10% sounds reasonable. I would believe as much as 15-20%. Not really ... The article means 53% of internet users are on a highspeed connection, it is not talking about percent of US or percent of population.. I think you guys misread... 53% sounds reasonable as an estimate and only an estimate.. 10% sounds way way to low. This study is focused on the US, correct?
If the other article said 10% of Americans had broadband, and this one says 50% of internet users are on broadband, that would mean only 20% of Americans are wired, and that cant be right...I'll look later to see if I can find that 10% statistic.
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said by SequimPC :10% sounds reasonable. I would believe as much as 15-20%. Not really ... The article means 53% of internet users are on a highspeed connection, it is not talking about percent of US or percent of population..
I think you guys misread... 53% sounds reasonable as an estimate and only an estimate.. 10% sounds way way to low.
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SequimPC
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10% sounds reasonable. I would believe as much as 15-20%. |
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rtcpenguin
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said by ObdH : said by Rammer :i do not think that 53 percent of the us is on broadband thats total crap wasn't it just like 3x% a year ago? I'm fairly sure I read a front page article not too long ago saying the number was closer to 10%, at least in the US.
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mike1965
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i guess the poll depends on who you ask....as many companies CLAIM to have highspeed internet which is dial up that caches pages.....thus it is still dial up LOL
availabilty is a problem also.....many cannot get it....others do not need HIGH bandwidth broadband but a lower tier would do.....how ever providers like mine which is mediacom has a lowwer tier which is better than dialup but not super fast....i think it is 128/64 which is still better than dial up....however they will not sell it except they will offer it to customers who decide they do not need 3000/256 .....so untill greedy companies like this offer lower tiers...it will not help any either
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Rammer
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lol yes
you cant get a true user count by asking
a 1000 people what they have dial up --or high speed
you can see on forums all over the net that even in and around the city limits of large citys ther are still many that have no options
heck in louisiana there are many many places with out a pots telephone lines
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ObdH
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said by Rammer :i do not think that 53 percent of the us is on broadband thats total crap wasn't it just like 3x% a year ago?
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