My suspicion had been that the wrong question was asked in the survey. A survey that was richer in probes a couple of years ago placed "Always on" at the top of the list of "broadband" benefits.
Some sub-questions revolved around the convenience of not blocking the phone but the very top of the lise was the fact that when any question popped into your mind, the PC was immediately ready to answer. One example was the phone directory; with dial-up, it takes longer to go through the dial-up process than looking it up in the phone book but with always-on broadband, the PC is clearly much faster and gives a richer span of options. Going through the buzz-saw noises and minute of sign-on is a put-off for all but regular uses (like checking e-mail...which always-on users often do several times a day and this survey reported that dial-up users did it several times a week). Yet, you're right...John McCain said he didn't know how to use a computer last week and the ex-president of AT&T (until last year) said he didn't either and found e-mail intrusive and useless. I bet they live in big, expensive homes. Maybe that's the key; I'll just get rid of my computers and "puff", the magic cloud will transform my house into a mansion. . . . J o n a t h a n -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 1:48 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Users Still Cling to Dialup My experience selling broadband to rural dialup customers mirrors this. I've found that in areas where I am the SOLE option, I get about 30 to 50% take rates. I get about 75% of the 'net user. However, about 25% or so, of those who use internet will remain on dialup and will not pay $10 more per month to get off it. I am unable to determine if the money is really the issue, or if they just don't care, becuase interent is so unimportant to them. The rest... generally do not have computers. I have approached people in half million dollar custom new homes, and they tell me they don't have a computer. I offer a $25/mo service level and about 10% of my customers use it. I call it a dialup replacement @ roughly 300kb/sec (faster than the 256k dsl that used to offered here), yet nobody has wanted it for roughly 2 years. Some are starting to ask for higher than 2M levels and would pay up to 50 or 60 / mo for it. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ <insert witty tagline here> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 3:50 PM Subject: [WISPA] Users Still Cling to Dialup > FYI > Interesting, > > http://www.dailytech.com/Users+Still+Cling+to+Dialup/article12283.htm > > http://www.newser.com/article/D91M6BCO1.html > > Small quote from that > > "The survey does illustrate a concern that some Americans want broadband > but can't get it, denying them opportunities to work online or take > classes online. 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