bit_junkie
join:2004-05-04
Maricopa, AZ
| duh?
"A recent PEW Internet & American Life Project study indicates that rural Americans have far less high-speed availability to their homes than urban and suburban residents do."
Who did they get to do the study?, Obvious Man?
and this whole "digital divide" crap really has to stop, i know people who are "poor" that have the same kind of HSI access i do, and the ones i know who dont, do not want anything to do with computers whatsoever. sorry i'll stop ranting now:D |
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PDXPLT
join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR
| Well, I know lots of people who don't have access to HSI, who very much care about computers.
It's interesting, and sad, that rural people seem to be the only group that it's still socially acceptable to make stereotypical, bigoted statements about (i.e., the "Farmer Brown"-type slurs you hear so much of on this website). |
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bit_junkie
join:2004-05-04
Maricopa, AZ
| well i grew up on a farm in South Dakota before moving to Arizona, so if i make any remarks its from experience:D
not that i have made any as so far that i am aware of anyways:)
but yes the rual market is where the true "digital divide" comes into play, its really not so much attributed to income as it is to distance and companies willing to deploy services in rual areas. |
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