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Dial-Up Users "Don't Want Broadband"
Barence writes "The majority of dial-up Internet users say they don't want to upgrade their connection to broadband, according to a new study in the US. The Pew Internet & American Life research found that 62% of dial-up users had no interest in upgrading to a high-speed connection." (CNN is carrying the AP's story on the study, too.)
The technocracy believe in forcing broadband on everyone much like the liberals with nationalized health care. "This is good for you. You want it. You must trust us, because we know your needs better than you do." If people on dial-up want to stay that way, then leave them alone and let them stay on dial-up.
Bearded Dragon
No, you almost certainly don't. Maybe you think you do, because you have cable or DSL, but those are too slow to count as broadband. The only real broadband in the US (not including business leased lines, of course) is Verizon's FIOS, and that's available in so few areas it might as well be mythical.
Actually, if he's on anything faster than 56K, he has broadband. It might not be broadband by YOUR standard, but by INDUSTRY standard and textbook definition, he HAS broadband. He even claims it is broadband, although not as fast as he would like, IIRC.
IOW, shut your mouth, troll. There are more ways to get faster than 1.5 mbit (which is as fast as any user really needs. Stop pirating movies and warez, trolly boy) besides leased lines. I know. I researched it, and actually have broadband where there is > broadband (try, I get a LUCKY 28.8 from either of my laptop 56k modems). Because of this, ISDN / DSL isn't an option. Because of THAT, satellite SUCKED. So, I went microwave. Works great, good implementation (haven't had a day of outage yet, speed is good, latency is good enough for Vonage VoIP), I can't complain. The technology is also there for anyone that wants it, basically.
So, your rant about he doesn't have broadband is only YOUR interpretation. Don't be such a troll. Make educated statements, not "You think you do, but I'm here to tell you, by my standards, you don't".... Yeah, well fuck you. Try my lucky to get 28.8, and see if DSL isn't considered broadband after that.
--Toll_Free