"almost 60% of the U.S. population now has access to broadband"
This is an absolutely incorrect statement.
Of all homes in the continental US (computer or not) only about 35% have some [greater than modem speed] acccess.
As someone in a rural area, its maddening to hear these blatantly wrong statements. Especially when large companies with 85% market penetration in a given city are still hawking thier crud to that same city.
Worse is that we have the technology to eliminate this divide but it will not happen for years.
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"almost 60% of the U.S. population now has access to broadband" This is an absolutely incorrect statement. Of all homes in the continental US (computer or not) only about 35% have some [greater than modem speed] acccess. As someone in a rural area, its maddening to hear these blatantly wrong statements. Especially when large companies with 85% market penetration in a given city are still hawking thier crud to that same city. Worse is that we have the technology to eliminate this divide but it will not happen for years.