Posted by Kill Bill on 11/27/07 17:28

Richard Crowley wrote:
> "Jacques E. Bouchard" wrote ...
>> Kill Bill wrote:
>>> Actually, you're wrong. Critical mass, which is the determining
>>> factor for a technology, for broadband was something like 58% last
>>> time I looked.. Which basically means that it is the accepted
>>> standard now.
>>
>> I'd like to see those statistics.
>
> Including the demographics and geography.

Pretty easy to google this, don't you think?

http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/4060.asp
http://www.in-stat.com/newmk.asp?ID=928
http://lw.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=OnlineArticles&SubSection=Display&PUBLICATION_ID=13&ARTICLE_ID=202423&pc=ENL
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2125696/broadband-reaches-critical-mass
http://www.pcw.co.uk/vnunet/news/2125696/broadband-reaches-critical-mass
http://www.marketresearch.com/map/prod/484499.html

These are all press releases from about 2004 right when the market went 51%.

However, here's a better one..

http://www.leichtmanresearch.com/research.html#reports

Leichtman Research has it at 70% currently, and it's pretty up to date.

Hell.. even my 90 year old grandma has broadband now, In fact, I don't
know a single person any more with dial-up..




>> But I don't call 128kbps "broadband".
>
> Indeed.

Actually, I believe that 128K IS considered Broadband because that
includes ISDN lines which are "over" the 56K tariff marks via the FCC.

-bill

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