Broadband Majority in US 387
TheSync writes "NetworkWorldFusion has a report that the majority of US Internet users now connect using broadband, according to NetRatings. There are 63 million broadband users (51%) and 61 million (49%) dial-up users in the US. Broadband was most prevalent among people ages 18 to 20."
NetRatings Confirms It... (Score:5, Funny)
it was ME! (Score:3, Funny)
Ok, so I really wasn't. But after a horrible 9 month period with only dialup, and as of this past Tuesday, I finally have broadband once again. I had to take a half day off of work to get it installed, but it was worth it!
*hugs cable modem*
"oh, how I've missed you..."
This just in.... (Score:4, Funny)
Fantastic! Goodbye HTML! (Score:5, Funny)
... In other news: Congratulations! (Score:4, Funny)
Now problem is how many of those dial-up users are still AoLers who are creating the majority of the problems on the intenet (ie: opening up silly attachments, spamming, not trolling slashdot...)
In other news... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Broadband prevalant bewteen 18-20 year olds? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Spyware? (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe the family is told, "If you let us watch your family's surfing habits we'll tell you if little johnny goes to a p0rn site." Of course what they don't know is that little johnny knows how to get around the firewall and get to the p0rn unnotticed.
Problem in the survey method (Score:5, Funny)
I recently got broadband a few months ago. Before that I was on dialup and only had one phoneline. Had they tried to call me for this survey, they would have gotten a busy signal.
I wonder how many dialup users were not interviewed because of this.
Re:In other news... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:it was ME! (Score:3, Funny)
The only reason I had to do a half day was b/c it could be anytime "between 12 and 5"
Social cast (Score:3, Funny)
(I'd be in knots, too, if I still had dial-up).
I'm never giving up dial-up! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Spyware? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Spyware? (Score:5, Funny)
In other words, if there is a device that is monitering my internet comsumption for a week, I will not be consuming my regular diet of pornography for that week. Mind you, I dont look at porn. I dont. Shut up, I dont. Ok I do. No just kidding I dont.
The idea is that the internet is that its kind of a make your-own-media entertainment. Whereas T.V. is all programmed and time slotted, and is thus passive, on the internet you have to actively seek out and find stuff. You have to decide where to start, where to go, when to leave. Essentially at every turn, on every page, you have to decide what to do. Its like a choose your own adventure story. And since the pathways are so chaotic and turmultuous (the opposite of TV), I'm not sure that there is a whole lot to measure. It might be a window into personal psychology, but mass psychology? I dont know.
Welcome (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Spyware? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Spyware? (Score:5, Funny)
1) The most important lawsuits in the U.S. are SCO vs IBM, Novell, Autozone, and Daimler Chrysler.
2) The number one server O.S. in the world is OpenBSD followed by Linux and FreeBSD.
3) The number one shopping site on the Internet is newegg.com.
4) The number one electronic reference is O'Reilly's Safari Tech Books Online.
5) Microsoft has more security holes than you can shake a stick at.
Imagine if they monitored several such people and it was interpreted by the major tv networks as representative of Americans:
1) Fox, CNN, and MNBC would have daily reports on the SCO lawsuits.
2) Whenever a show wanted to provide a tech tip, it would be aimed at OpenBSD, Linux, and FreeBSD.
3) Newegg.com would be advertising in the Super Bowl.
4) So would O'Reilly.
5) We'd have a new TV sitcom about an inept software developer at Microsoft who is responsible for fixing all the security holes. We could call it "Clueless In Seattle" or maybe "MS ER".
Re:Amazing... (Score:3, Funny)
That's right, all that tuition, room and board I paid in school was just imaginary...
Re:Spyware? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Spyware? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Spyware? (Score:3, Funny)
We are talking about people that think WinME is the best OS ever
You mean it isnt the bestest ever most super duper OS.Ow man you just broke my heart.Like my parents did when they told me the truth about the Tooth Fairy and santa claus.Oh this cold cruel world.
Re:Spyware? (Score:4, Funny)
Getting away from the pervasive commercials of TV is an understandable goal. Doing so by burning your TV set seems like an odd method. By all means continue your defiant stance against the media overlords but don't expect any lauditory poems to be written in your honor.