Broadband Use in US Up Dramatically
Numerous media are covering the Pew Internet and American Life report that broadband internet use is up dramatically in the US. Here's a chunk from
Forbes piece based on a Reuter's report:
More than half of U.S. Internet users now surf the Web over a high-speed connection as home users signed up in droves for the faster service in the past year, according to a report released on Sunday.
The survey by the Pew Internet and American Life foundation found Americans increasingly willing to pay $10 to $30 more per month to spend less time waiting for Web pages to download.
According to the survey 55 percent of Internet users, or one-third of all adult Americans, have a broadband connection at home or work, the nonprofit group found
Broadband use is a good case of quantitative effects leading to broader, qualitative changes. The fact that the connection is on all the time (and not tying up a phone line) means that people do different sorts of things. IM use, for example, is different if connectivity is a constant, rather than a special event. And in homes with mulltiple computers, hubs (both wired and wireless) mean that family members don't need to schedule time to connect to the net.
Posted by johndan at April 18, 2004 05:50 PM
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