Australians Log Off The Web
from the who-needs-it? dept
A new study in Australia suggests that internet adoption in the home may have reached a peak. For the first time, the number of people in the country who accessed the internet from home last quarter fell from the previous quarter. Internet access from work continued to rise. I'm a little skeptical of both the study and its results and would like to see a little more info before I believe that folks in Australia are really "logging off". However, it does serve as a reminder that at some point, internet growth must slow down. So much of the internet hype was based on the idea that the ridiculous growth levels of the mid to late 90s would continue forever.
Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
Techdirt is one of the few remaining truly independent media outlets. We do not have a giant corporation behind us, and we rely heavily on our community to support us, in an age when advertisers are increasingly uninterested in sponsoring small, independent sites — especially a site like ours that is unwilling to pull punches in its reporting and analysis.
While other websites have resorted to paywalls, registration requirements, and increasingly annoying/intrusive advertising, we have always kept Techdirt open and available to anyone. But in order to continue doing so, we need your support. We offer a variety of ways for our readers to support us, from direct donations to special subscriptions and cool merchandise — and every little bit helps. Thank you.
–The Techdirt Team
Reader Comments
Subscribe: RSS
View by: Time | Thread
No Subject Given
Last time Bill Gates visited Australia he said at least one thing that I agreed with; he told us that we are in the dark ages so far as broadband coverage is concerned. Thus, not so many people here are able to do the internet intensive stuff such as play online games, download movies and music, surf slow-loading flash sites and so on.
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Filters?
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Broadband only used for pr0n, gamerz
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
... and here's a reference f'rya
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Re: Broadband only used for pr0n, gamerz
I know what you're thinking. How can I equate the evils of the internet to paper. Believe me when I say that paper is far worse than the internet. After you are done with the internet does it sit in a landfill? Do websites blow down the street and sanitation concerns when they are no longer relivent? Was this site, techdirt.com, created with any chemicals that could be harmless? Have you, your loved ones or any one you know ever cut themselves with a website? How many fatal fire have been started with a webpage?
As you can see, paper is far more dangerous. Austrailians cannot be trusted with such a dangerous and potentially letal material! Any responsible government could clearly see the hazards of paper in the hands of the careless and reckless. I urge the government of Austrailia to ban this substance before anyone else gets hurt.
[ link to this | view in chronology ]