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29% see no value in the Internet

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imported_Shivetya

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Wow, nearly a third don't need the net. That can't be good news to the service providers.

Now, if nearly a third of people across the country see no value in it, what is the break down by income, race, and religious beliefs? I would be curious on those. It also begs the question, if so many people see no value in it why are some governments so intent to spend taxpayer money to give it to people?

What if all this money being spent to provide internet service for the poor is being ignored? There are many other good things to spend the money on it so they might one day come to regard the net as important.



 
It wouldn't shock me if a lot of executives saw little value in the internet (or at least 'the internet on computers').

When I worked in offices (*shudder*) most of the executives had a Palm or Blackberry to manage their calendar, and that was their entire contact with the computer world.
 
I used to think I did not have a need for the internet at home. Had dialup till the wife starting after another degree. Now I can't imagining not having such easy access to gobs of information. And the porn for whn she falls asleep ! j/k (in case she reads this).
 
"Story not currently available." Who needs websites that only work part of the time? Since I was unable to read it I was wondering what part of the population was polled. If asked everyone over 60 if they saw any value in the Internet a large percentage would say no.
 
Originally posted by: Shivetya
Don't Need The Net

Wow, nearly a third don't need the net. That can't be good news to the service providers.
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30 years ago no one needed the net. Give it 30 more and times will change, that much is a guarantee. If the internet becomes more or less popular remains to be seen, but it is the most powerful form of communication world wide.

The information available through this will be the undeniable motivation, perhaps those 29% just don?t understand what?s out there and how they can take advantage of it cheaply.
 
Originally posted by: Shivetya
Don't Need The Net

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Wow, nearly a third don't need the net. That can't be good news to the service providers.

Now, if nearly a third of people across the country see no value in it, what is the break down by income, race, and religious beliefs? I would be curious on those. It also begs the question, if so many people see no value in it why are some governments so intent to spend taxpayer money to give it to people?

What if all this money being spent to provide internet service for the poor is being ignored? There are many other good things to spend the money on it so they might one day come to regard the net as important.
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It's very funny you mention income, race, and religion because I think they are very strong players in this. I have a very funny feeling this would be the breakdown.

1. Race: Majority of the net users would surely be white.

2. Religion: Considering the past history of pornography on the net etc... I would think those ultra conservative and religious persons would not want to go on the net and/or see the net as evil etc. Anything that makes them think outside of their "Box" or makes them question their beliefs is wrong.

3. Education: Something you didn't mention. I think this is a big player along with income. People who are more educated tend to find more value in getting a computer or even getting the internet. Personally I find the internet as an education tool that all users enter and exchange knowledge (just like we are doing right now). Educations of the parents are tightly correlated with education of their offspring. My dad has a PhD in Nuclear Eng. He also has 2 Masters. One in Mech Eng. He bought a computer for me when i was 8 years old. I believe that was 1990. They were expensive back then. So of course people who bought them really need them for something. I right now have a B.S. in Comp Sci and getting my M.S. in Info Tech.

4. Income: Something else you didn't mention. It's pretty obvious those with lower income would not have computers or find less value in them. Of course income and education is tightly correlated as well.

5. Age: The older crowd of course (grandma and granddad).

You also have those educated and med to high income people who feel the internet is not a good reference tool considering the articles and information you find is not properly reference. This is also possible.
 
at first i was shocked but once i thought about it i am probably one of the few people in my neighborhood who is online. some would call my area 'ghetto' with lots of old folks and low income minorities. i would imagine that combined with rural areas is where the 29% exist.
 
29% are ignorant then. They don't understand the true power of the internet...I frankly couldn't imagine life without it. The information available is just...overwhelming.
 
Originally posted by: ntdz
29% are ignorant then. They don't understand the true power of the internet...I frankly couldn't imagine life without it. The information available is just...overwhelming.
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I would not go so far to call them ignorant. Many probably live better and more fulfilling lives than many of us.

Would be people who have no opportunity to get internet be ignorant?


What about people who do not have enough time to use it?

Remember, we didn't have the internet until very recently and were we ignorant then?


The one thing about the net is it allowed many to act out their hatred with near immunity. Attacking the poster of ideas instead of the idea itself. If thats an improvement....
 
What I like about the Internet is all the love and encouragement I get for my posts here, and of course the free laughs, plus playing WOW.
 
I think you'll find that most of those in the 29% are the "well to do". I know many people in that group who consider their lives full, and they get information from other sources and are perfectly fine with paying full retail for everything.

Personally, I find the Internet to be invaluable resource, plus it has saved me thousands.
 
Originally posted by: Shivetya
29% see no value in the Internet
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What if all this money being spent to provide internet service for the poor is being ignored? There are many other good things to spend the money on it so they might one day come to regard the net as important.
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Gosh oh gee willikers. I hate to spoil the day of a professional doom and gloom pessimist, but that means there's already been a 71% penetration of the home market in a very short time. Furthermore, the article at your link says:
Forty-four percent of these households say they are not interested in anything on the Internet, versus just 22 percent who say they cannot afford a computer or the cost of Internet service, the survey showed.

The answer "I'm not sure how to use the Internet" came from 17 percent of participants who do not subscribe. The response "I do all my e-commerce shopping and YouTube-watching at work" was cited by 14 percent of Internet-access refuseniks. Three percent said the Internet doesn't reach their homes.
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The article refers ONLY to Internet availability at home, and that means fewer than half of the remaining 29% aren't interested. The rest either can't afford it, don't have it available at their homes, or get their web fixes away from their homes.

Guess which of those groups have the greatest number of the poor you want to deprive of access to the Internet. Then, guess which of those groups have the most to gain by helping them to get it. Then, guess which of those groups have the largest previously untapped market share to offer business as potential customers and to society as educated, informed, contributing, connected citizens. :roll:

Your keen analysis is a few frejoles short of a combination plate. 😛
 
Originally posted by: Shivetya
Originally posted by: Jhhnn
Probably the same 29% who still worship the Bush Regime...
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do you ever post anything worthwhile? Or do just thread crap all the time? Whats it like to be such a loser? Please tell.
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Considering how lame your reading of the facts of the article and their meaning are in your OP, pot, meet kettle. :laugh:
 
Heck even Larry King doesn't use the net...

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/15/larry-king-internet/

He's never gone searching, says his wife loves he but he would hate it and then asked if you pushed buttons and Rosanne gave a silly description of how to use it...

The scary thing is alot of people, especially older are like this...no desire to learn, no desire to discover new avenues of information.

My parents are like this, they live in their sheltered world, spew the same old rehtoric, and live in simple ignorance....in a way it must be nice, to just go about your day not knowing anything more than what you read in the paper, hear from your neighbor, or see on the tube...for products just assume that every advertisement you see is on the level unless your buddy has a problem...but personally I could never live like that
 
So what? There are still people who *GASP* don't have TV's. Being plugged-in is a convenience, not a requirement. One can still live a full life -- family, friends, career, the whole works -- without being plugged-in to the electronic propaganda machine.
 
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