Many Internet Users Happy With Dial-Up

prostoalex writes "With cable and DSL operators constantly pushing the values of broadband, and with the President of the United States himself announcing broadband access a priority, the New York Times reports (free reg. req.) that some people actually are perfectly satisfied with their 56K connection. In February 2003 Pew Internet conducted a survey, where they found out 60% of dial-up users weren't interested in switching, a year later in 2004 the percentage was roughly the same."

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[dre23]

If Slashdot launched an article like that, then the flames would come from miles.

"If it's not broken, don't try to fix it" is the old adage that comes to mind. But no where does that talk about *improving* things, just keeping them the same way they are.

It's our fault. As geeks, we need to write more articles on why broadband will improve people's lives. We need to make the migration process easy for people. People need incentives, and sometimes hand-holding. Some things just take time.