Re:It's hard to say who's winning the streaming wars, but cu...
by ghaff on Friday November 19, 2021 @03:25PM
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Not sure I understand. I pay Comcast for Internet but dropped both cable TV and landline a couple years ago and cut the bill in about half.
Re:It's hard to say who's winning the streaming wars, but cu...
by margalabargala on Friday November 19, 2021 @03:35PM
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Do you have more details or a source on this? I'm wondering if the 1 in 6 is no centralized household internet, or no access whatsoever e.g. via a smartphone with a data plan.
Re:It's hard to say who's winning the streaming wars, but cu...
by _jal on Friday November 19, 2021 @04:25PM
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The info I'm thinking of came from a Pew report that went around work, I'm not finding that on the public internet. There is this, which comes up with a similar number:
https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2020-united-states-...
That also claims:
"The number of mobile connections in the United States of America in January 2020 was equivalent to 107% of the total population."
I'm not sure how to disaggregate that to humans. I do personally have more than one device with a data plan, although I'm not sure how typical that is.
Re:It's hard to say who's winning the streaming wars, but cu...
by readflaggedcomm on Friday November 19, 2021 @03:28PM
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That's not my experience with decades of different Comcast subscriptions in one city.
> I don't think it's realistic to assume "no internet" is a standard default these days
About 1 in 6 US households has no internet access, nowhere near a small enough number to start rolling up alternatives.