Internet, Si; Cable, No
An interesting statistic surfaced this week. Apparently having a good connection to the Internet is more important than being connected to cable television or having cell phone service to Americans.
The survey reported that the number of adults in the U.S. with broadband connectivity to the Web rose 15 percent from a year ago. Now, 63 percent of all adults in our country have a fast Internet connection. And that increase came while the average cost of household service has risen $5 in the past year. To accommodate the increase, the survey indicates users are choosing to cut back on their cell phone and cable services.
The survey of 2.253 respondents was conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project and has a margin of error or plus or minus two percent. Pew has been asking respondents about broadband since June 2009.
Even at 63 percent, the U.S. places only 19th among 35 countries in a study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland rank highest.
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my time is very valuable in my house. i barely have time to watch tv. last fall comcast did me a favor without me or them knowing it at the time. they had 2 basic services of cable back then and i guess i was getting the wrong one and not knowing it. i wasnt paying enough for my channels. well, when i (of all people) was disconnected and put on the cheaper cable i hit the roof. told them to take the whole thing out. did i get more cable or whatever? no, i lived threw it like i did in the 70’s and 80’s when cable was a luxualy item. but, i made sure i had a good interent connection. yes, comcast did me a favor. i pay alot less a month, and i have more time to my family.
cell phone use is to call only long distance (never happens i use internet) and to talk to my daughter while on break at work. i pay about 25.00 a month for that and 14 for the internet connection. THANK YOU COMCAST. i will never go back to cable or anything else again.