dyoo78
join:2002-10-25
Emeryville, CA
| It should be closer to these figures...
OECD report was just issued a couple months ago... I was astonished to see that broadband access doubled in just 4 months! Yep folks, it's not the case. It's growing at a slow pace... |
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creepndth
join:2000-12-21
San Francisco, CA
| As I study the graph carefully, I come to the conclusion that there are actually three distinct bars for each country, for dsl, cable and 'other broadband'... to get the total broadband subscribers for a given nation, it seems that you have to tally (or add up) each bar.
So, taking the USA for example, there are roughly 4-7% for each category. If you add those up, they come out to about 15-20% which seems to come close enough to the 1 in 5 (projected) figures quoted in the article, especially when you allow for new subscribers in the past 6-12 months.
Just my two cents as I interpret the graph, which could have been more clear IMO. If I'm somehow misunderstanding your point, my apologies, and feel free to comment!
Cheers!
Creep
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dyoo78
join:2002-10-25
Emeryville, CA
| The graph shows the number of broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants. In Korea, for instance, you have around 22 people subscribing to broadband per 100 inhabitants. In the US, 7 people per 100 inhabitants subscribe to broadband . In terms of broadband penetration, this means that the US had a 7% total broadband penetration as of September 2002. One cannot reasonably expect that figure to jump to 22% in a matter of months.
I am inclined to think that the 22% penetration the article is talking about is 22% of total internet subscribers, NOT 22% of the whole country. I must say, however, that those figures this company is forecasting are very optimistic (they're projecting 13% of the total US population to be on the Internet via broadband). You don't go from 7% to 13% over a couple months. |
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