Re: High Speed Homes

>Which means of course that 88.9 percent of at-home users are still
>connecting using a analog modem.
>
>The chart covered several countries. Below are the Total Broadband for
>each:
>
>Korea           57.3%
>Hong Kong       8.1%
>Singapore       7.1%
>Taiwan          6.2&
>France          6.0%
>Denmark         5.8%
>Germany         5.0%
>Spain           3.1%
>United Kingdom  3.1%
>China           0.4%
>--

57-percent?? Was there any theory proffered as to why more than half of 
those Korean connections were broadband?

I can certainly understand the low numbers elsewhere, and in the US, I'm 
sure most home users don't mind giving up their phone line for awhile as 
they surf, so that makes sense. I've got cable but that's only because my 
husband started working from home and needed the other phone line for his 
job which left me well, unplugged I guess.

And, I thought there could be a problem with more than 2 lines in a 
dwelling if you're on old copper wires? Or am I imagining again?? Anyway, 
with what the phone company charges for one line, let alone 3, well, that's 
when cable/dsl/satellite should be considered.

You know, something that could change things as cable/dsl gets rolling -- 
what about AOL? MSN I think has some limited DSL for their subscribers? 
What about this AOL/Time Warner deal? Would that dramatically raise 
broadband usage?? I know at least one AOL user that won't go broadband 
because it means giving up AOL -- hey, AOL works for a certain customer so 
sometimes it's best to just let it go rather than trying to persuade her.

hmmmm,
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