must read ] Case closed: why most of USA lacks 100Mbps 'Net connections

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Mary Shaw <mary.shaw () gmail com>
> Date: February 27, 2010 9:21:55 AM EST
> To: dave () farber net, Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Case closed: why most of USA lacks 100Mbps 'Net  
> connections

> Perhaps a small thing, but details matter.  The Pew Foundation's
> project on the Internet and American Life published an annual
> assessment of the demographics of Internet users.  According to the
> current survey at
> http://www.pewinternet.org/Static-Pages/Trend-Data/Whos-Online.aspx
> in December 2009 74% of American adults used the internet.
>
> This is a slight drop from their survey in April 2009, which did not
> include Spanish interviews. At that time they found that 79% of
> English-speaking adults use the internet.
>
> Back to December 2009, penetration is 93% for the age 18-29
> demographic, so it's probably fair to assume that it's also high for
> kids under 18, down to some age that I can't pin down where
> penetration is more in their parents' control than their own.
>
> Penetration is only 60% for household income less than $30K/year, but
> I don' t know how to separate "can't afford" from "don't care", though
> the 39% penetration for adults with less than high school education
> provides a hint.
>
> Their April 2009 survey showed 63% with broadband at home with an
> average monthly bill of $39, up 15% from a year earlier.
> http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/10-Home-Broadband-Adoption-2009.aspx
>
> Main reasons for not using the Internet or email were "just not
> interested" (22%), "don't have access" (16%) and "too expensive" (10%)
>
> Mary Shaw
>
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 5:06 AM, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
> > Date: February 24, 2010 1:45:49 PM EST
> > To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy () warpspeed com>
> > Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Case closed: why most of USA lacks 100Mbps  
> > 'Net connections
> >
> > Case closed: why most of USA lacks 100Mbps 'Net connections
> > By Matthew Lasar | Last updated February 23, 2010 9:42 AM
> > <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/02/case-closed-why-most-of-usa-lacks-100mbps-net-connections.ars 
> > >
> [[snip]]
> > But in case you didn't notice, 100Mbps x 100 million didn't happen.  
> > About 75 to 77 million Americans currently access some kind of  
> > broadband, according to the latest data. That's only assuming,  
> > however, that you accept 200Kbps as a flavor of "high speed  
> > Internet." And a huge chunk of the population (over 30 percent)  
> > never go online at all—less because they're retired and not intere 
> > sted; more often because they can't afford the prices.
> [[snip]]



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