Reply With QuoteI can understand not wanting to pay extra for broadband, but the 20% who said they just don't want it, well that just baffles me.
crazy.
Dial-up users "don't want broadband" 9:47AM, Thursday 3rd July 2008
The majority of dial-up internet users say they don't want to upgrade their connection to broadband, according to a new study in the US. The Pew Internet research found that 62% of dial-up users had no interest in upgrading to a high-speed connection.
When asked what it would take to tempt them to switch, 35% said the price of broadband would have to fall, while almost a fifth said that nothing would tempt them to upgrade, suggesting many die-hard dial-up users simply
don't see the need for the higher speeds that are available.
The availability of broadband is also a problem for many US users, with 14% saying they simply couldn't get broadband in their area. By contrast, BT claims that more than 99% of British households have access to broadband, although speeds remain a huge problem for those living in rural areas.
Predictably, the Pew study shows that low-income households and the elderly are the least likely to have a broadband connection, although the report claims that a person's attitude towards the benefits of technology in their lives is also a deciding factor.
"An older person may love to tinker with technology and enjoy the 'always on' information pipeline that broadband offers," the report claims. "A person in a low-income household may be willing to allocate scarce discretionary funds to broadband - if he feels the connectivity offers something of value."
Originally Posted by Ben
I can understand not wanting to pay extra for broadband, but the 20% who said they just don't want it, well that just baffles me.
I don't think I'd ever leave my computer if I had broadband at home.
They probably have never used it.
modest minion
I believe if broadband were free or much cheaper all people would use broadband (where available)
"Our history suggests it's better to open the road to riches for those Americans than to raid the gold pot at the end of it."
I can kind of understand it, I assume that most dial-up users probably don't use the internet enough to care.
Most of dial-up users only use the e-mail...
Certainly in the UK, broadband is reasonably readily available and you can get at least some form of it for a fairly good price. At this stage, I'd imagine that a lot of people who still have dial-up either can't get broadband or don't want it. So yeah, not too surprising.
I think this is most likely the case. If you don't know what you are missing, you won't see the need.
I would say if they were given a trial of broadband for a month of two, and then asked, it would probably be a different number set.
Nova!
Huh? Why would you not want something better if it was free?
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