"our report" or "my report"? Any way, you write a good report. ;-)

That link to the GO Study results has an interesting bit about Japan
in it. Because it is a PP file I cannot copy the text but it basically says
that the development of broadband in Japan has been slow. This
does not fit well with the report on Japan which was referenced by
you which said that internet access is just taken for granted in Japan
now.

Chrissy.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Brislen" <Paul_Brislen@idg.co.nz>
To: "ChrissyR" <ChrissyR@home.gen.nz>
Cc: "ADSL List" <adsl@lists.unixathome.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: Theorical Max Speeds for ADSL? (OT?)

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>
>
>
>
> Well, that's an interesting report, although I have some issues with it.
> Our story on it is here:
>
> http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/nl/44B2CE2BF35753B6CC256DF7000F9295,
>
> and the original report is here:
>
>
http://www.tns-global.com/corporate/Rooms/DisplayPages/LayoutInitial?Container=com.webridge.entity.Entity%5BOID%5B29ABFABD4A40484EBB
066139F1455792%5D%5D
> although you should beware the PowerPoint presentation that it's saved as
> (why? why?)...
>
> The TNS report is focused on users' access to government services online
> while the BBC news item refers instead to broadband access. The TNS report
> says they asked 1000 NZers about their online activities and got a high
> (75%) usage level. It also said they weighted the survey so as to get a
> good cross section of the population however didn't get enough Pacific
> Islanders to return a valid result. That says to me they haven't analysed
> the NZ population properly or spent much time/effort in this area. If
> that's the case in New Zealand, I wonder about the validity of the rest of
> the survey.
>
> The BBC report only refers to a few people asked on the street which also
> casts doubt on its statistical foundation.
>
> Where the BBC report is so interesting, I think, is in the speeds and the
> price refered to. I don't know how extensive the Japanese network is, nor
> how their dial-up numbers compare either with NZ's dial-up or the Japanese
> broadband numbers, but I would be interested to know. Anyone have any info
> on that? I'll stop now as this is moving away from even being slightly off
> topic.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul

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