Most dial-up users don’t want to upgrade their connections

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Pew Internet & American Life ProjectSo here’s a bit of brilliant statistics work for you: The Pew Internet & American Life research project has determined after endless polling and number crunching that 62 percent of American dial-up users have no interest in upgrading their connections to something a bit more peppy. In fact, only 14 percent of them would upgrade if they could. They cite high prices, barrier to entry, and — ooh, is Survivor on? We look at it this way: if you’re not already on

broadband with the multitude of options, and you can get broadband (i.e. you’re not stranded out in the wilderness) in one way shape or form, you probably just don’t really care, and we can make fun of you because you’re not reading this post anyway.

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Original Post By Google News Joshua Fruhlinger

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