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elboricua
El Subestimado
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join:2001-08-12
Bronx, NY
reply to Sarge_0321
Re: Number

6 out of 10 have internet access, not necisarily broadband.


calvoiper

join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
·Comcast Formerly ..

Wow. What a poorly written newsblurb.

If you follow the link, it IS 22% of US households with broadband, not 22% of those with internet access.

On the second number, the 57 million and 154 million household figures are WORLDWIDE, not US.

Calvoiper
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newbieuser

join:2003-01-13
Quaker Hill, CT
the 57 million and 154 million household figures fit in perfectly with their 22% and 60% numbers. it's not that well-worded, but you should be able to at least understand it...


Minister

join:2002-01-02
Fleeting
quote:
six out of every ten American homes have Internet access, with more than one-fifth (22%) of American homes making that link through broadband connections.
Makes perfect sense to me.

DanZ23
Gentoo Fanboy
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join:2003-01-29
Erie, PA

edited
reply to calvoiper
I think it will penetrate further than 32% by 2005

doh
[text was edited by author 2003-04-09 23:17:50]


calvoiper

join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
·Comcast Formerly ..

reply to newbieuser
First off, DSLR has rewritten the blurb this thread is based on so it is less confusing now. While this was appropriate, it might be nice if they had tagged the revised article as having been revised. But it's nice to know that our various comments here do have some effect, somewhere!

Second, newbieuser, I don't see how the 57 million and 154 million numbers "fit perfectly" with the 22% and 59/60% numbers as the household numbers are 2002 and 2005 comparisons and the percentages are broadband vs. dialup, current year numbers.

Third, if 154 million households was 60% of the US, that would mean the US had about 256 million households--quite an accomplishment for a country with less than 300 million people. (Lots of second home deductions on the 1040, I guess....)

Sometimes I think too many people took speed reading....

Calvoiper
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