Posted by Jacques E. Bouchard on 11/27/07 19:09

Kill Bill <killbill@goblowme.com> wrote in
news:2tY2j.65931$RX.32115@newssvr11.news.prodigy.net:

> 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

That 58% is users per age group. The number of actual households is still
at about 51%, meaning that, statistically, half your relatives might not
be able to watch your HD streamed greetings - and among the other half,
many won't bother for the sake of convenience.

The article also includes ISDN (128-144kbps) as "broadband", which, if
you ask me, is like calling a digital still camera with movire mode a
"video camera".

Heck, I have 5 mbps and there's Hd content I can't watch because of
latency. If I were to send streamed greetings, I'd go for simplicity and
use Youtube or something similar.


jaybee

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