The front page of today's New York Times (19 April) has a story reporting
that a large number of dial-up internet users have no interest in broadband
access. the story is backed up with at least one Pew survey and may be
useful in refuting the FCC notion that there is some sort of widespread
mandate for extensive broadband service.
Many users are reportedly content with dial-up access, are not interested in
the hassle and expense of making the switch (some dialups are 5 or 6
dollars/month), do not perform any high data demanding activities (large
downloads, gaming, streaming audio/video etc.) and do not want to be
vulnerable to hacking and viruses due to being connected all the time and
object to being pushed by the industry into getting something they don't
want.
Rob Atkinson
K5UJ
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