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FUTURECOMM: BROADBAND ADOPTION FALLING IN USA Adoption of broadband by citizens of the United States has slowed dramatically this year, and a majority believes that making high-speed Internet access affordable should not be a major government priority. This, according to a study by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. The research found that two-thirds of Americans currently use broadband a t home, a number that's statistically the same as a similar Pew study conducted the same time in 2009. The research firm last year found 63% of Americans were broadband adopters. The study also found that the majority of Americans did not believe high-speed Internet access to everyone in the United States should be a t op priority for the federal government. Fully 53% of Americans said affordable broadband access should not be attempted by government or was simply not too important of a priority. More is on-line at tinyurl.com/24dqcmb (Information Week OnLine) I think there are several reasons for this: 1) all the early adopters and middle adopters are already on-line. 2) The people left are ones who aren't interested in the world around them. They don't read newspapers, magazines, or use other information sources. The internet is just another media source that doesn't interest them. 3)Broadband internet access is just too expensive. Broadband Cable internet access requires you to buy Cable TV, before you can get cable broadband access. In many cases this doubles Internet access costs. For example, I have to buy Cable TV at $58.95/month and cable broadband costs $49.00 more, plus if i don't get POTS ($18.00) "bundled" with cable service; the Cable TV the Cable access would be $64.95 plus $54.95 for Internet. 4) In many residential areas DSL in not available. Residential areas are too far from the phone company connect point. 5) In many areas "broadband" just isn't. My ISP says I have a 5Mb connection. There are so many other users on the same cable line that my effective speed is 384Kb. Why pay for service that you aren't getting? Dan AI8O |
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