dyoo78
join:2002-10-25
Emeryville, CA
| reply to creepndth
Re: It should be closer to these figures...
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. |
