We Don't Need No Stinkin' Broadband

Ant writes "eMarketer has an article on The Yankee Group's analysis on why some Americans aren't feeling the broadband love. It was based on Ipsos Public Affairs. 45% of Americans say it's simply too expensive. 30% say that they just don't want it. 14% say they feel dial-up is adequate for their needs. Less than 10% are not able to get broadband access in their area. Five percent insist broadband is "too complicated". Another 5% aren't even sure why they don't have it..."

Comments

Re:The biggest danger of broadband

[typical]

I just saw your .sig (so I figure you're one of the GP2X people) and I thought I'd mention this, though it's quite off-topic. I read a bit about the GP2X, and while I was quite interested -- that's a good price point, and is actually a portable system for which it's reasonable to develop -- I don't think I'm going to pick one up.

This was because of two main problems. One is battery life -- I'd much rather be able to shove four AA NiMH batteries in and double battery life at the cost of a little size and weight. Second is that the hardware sounds a little bit immature -- apparently as the batteries get nearly empty, odd things can happen on the system, and suddenly jerking the system can cause resets (at least for a couple of people).

It looked really promising, though, and I'm interested in seeing your next revision.

Re:Broadband

[packeteer]

Since when do virgins not want to have sex? Your analogy makes no sense.