In a report released today, the Pew Internet & American Life Project has sounded alarms on
an issue that's critical to the success of PC gaming and online gaming services like Microsoft's Xbox Live.
Here's an executive summary of the executive summary. If you're not an executive, don't tell anybody we gave this to you.
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"The rate of growth in penetration of high-speed internet at home has slowed and could slow further after several years of rapid growth."
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"Comparative analysis of national surveys of internet users in 2002 and 2005 shows less pent-up demand today for high-speed connection in the population of dial-up internet users.
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"moderately experienced dial-up users … are not attractive candidates for switching to broadband"
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"the number of years [people] have used the internet is becoming a less significant factor in the overall demand for broadband."
[Via Ars Technica]
