On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:29:40 -0700, "Fred Goodwin, CMA"
<fgoodwin@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Holdouts don't see the need for broadband
I must live on a different planet from the author. I've been pushing
broadband since about 1999 and have met some rather unusual
resistance. Here's a sample of why some users don't want to get DSL
or cable modems:
1. It's too fast. I'll never be able to keep up.
2. Isn't that where all the hackers hang out? I don't want to get a
computah full of viruses and things.
3. My machine isn't fast enough for broadband. I don't want to
upgrade. Windoze 3.1 on a 486 is good enough for me.
4. I'd need an extra phone line for DSL.
5. If I get a cable modem, does that mean I'll lose some TV channels?
6. My kids might get in trouble with all the predators and strange
people that are on the internet.
7. Where am I going to put all the racks of equipment?
8. I might need to change my email address.
9. I'm lucky that the phone works in the first place (long history of
telco unreliability). I don't want to change anything.
10. My husband might be tempted to take his work home with him if he
has broadband. I don't want to seem him spend all night in front of
the computah.
11. I'm too old to learn anything new.
12. If I get a bigger pipe, will I need a bigger monitor?
13. If I can't figure out what it's going to cost me, I don't want it.
14. Nothing is ever as wonderful as the advertisements claim. I don't
want to be disappointed.
15. Full time broadband is ecologically incorrect. I want to save
power and dialup uses less power because I can disconnect everything
when I'm not using it.
16. Isn't the government using broadband to spy on people?
17. Broadband is so addictive that I might spend hours and hours
online instead of doing something useful. Maybe next year.
There are probably some more excuses I've forgotten. These are not
fabrications but real (paraphrased) excuses I've heard over the years.
Granted, it's a small number of potential broadband customers, but it
does reflect some real concerns that seem to have escaped the author
of the article.
Incidentally, the situation was not much different in 1995, when
dialup was the new thing and internet access became fashionable:
<http://groups.google.com/group/rec.humor.funny.reruns/msg/cf65ec30ee3d1e33>
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