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U.S. Internet Growth Stalling

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the horseless-carriages-are-such-a-bad-idea dept.

abb_road writes "Internet usage is predicted to grow by only 1% in 2006, with uptake slowing even more in subsequent years. The article examines causes for the slowdown, including individuals who are actively choosing to not be online. These non-users cite a number of reasons for their decision, including cost and increased productivity. Is this simply a combination of luddites and a statistical quirk, or is the Internet reaching its saturation point in the U.S.?"

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  1. I Myself Am Cutting Down My Internet Use by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 4, Funny

    I find it is eating into my TV time.

  2. That's me by swillden · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've made a conscious decision to abstain from Internet usage. Don't have it, don't need it, don't want it.

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    1. Re:That's me by caffeination · · Score: 4, Funny

      Me too. They've been going on about this internet thing like it's the Second Coming for years, and here I am, all these years later, still haven't used it, and I'm fine. I don't see what all the fuss can possibly be about if I can get along so well without it.

  3. Re:other reasons . . . by punxking · · Score: 3, Funny

    I sit at a computer all day at work, why would I want to do more of that in my spare time?

    Yeah, plus you already read slashdot while you were at work!

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  4. Luddite... by maillemaker · · Score: 4, Funny

    From TFA:
    ""If you're spending all your time on e-mail, you're not listening and reading," says Rogers, who rarely took lecture notes while he was a student so he could listen more intently. "I listen and read; e-mail is a huge distraction.""

    Uh, I wonder how he thinks you are supposed to absorb email - osmosis?

    Steve

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  5. I give up on the web by Cheeze · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm going back to NNTP, FTP, and gopher.

    See ya on the flip side

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  6. access at work is sufficient ... by rewinn · · Score: 5, Funny

    According to the article, a significant number of people say "access at work is sufficient."

    That's a rational economic decision. 8 hours a day for reading personal email and blogging should be enough for most people.

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  7. Re:Privacy by networkBoy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Proof of concept, when I worked in retail I could alt-tab between notepad and the POS app (how's that for secure?)
    No-one thinks twice of a clerk re-swiping a card after hitting a couple keys on the keyboard. To boot the keyboard layout was such that a computer "pro" would likely never have noticed I hit alt-tab because the keymap was all wacky.

    I never did anything with the info, never saved it to disk. Simply did it to prove to the DM that the system we were using was flawed and we should call the vendor.

    Turns out the reason we never fixed it was that we were using a single 10 seat licence for a company of approx 400 stores.....

    Piracy@example.com here I come! (I hated that company anyway).
    -nB

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