Comments on: Digital holdouts just don’t see the Internet as all that valuable http://whatsnewmedia.org/2007/08/10/digital-holdouts-just-dont-see-the-internet-as-all-that-valuable/ (aka What's new, media?) Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:11:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tim Rueb http://whatsnewmedia.org/2007/08/10/digital-holdouts-just-dont-see-the-internet-as-all-that-valuable/#comment-18430 Tim Rueb Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:08:31 +0000 http://whatsnewmedia.org/2007/08/10/digital-holdouts-just-dont-see-the-internet-as-all-that-valuable/#comment-18430 If the issue is value, then the energy needs to be placed into replacing something that they currently see as valuable in their lives with a new technological replacement, which would be on the internet. Creating parallel options would NOT cause late-adopters to change. Infrastructure alone would NOT be seen as a valid reason for this crowd. In the end, the energy needed to make late-adopters change is unproductive. Those energies placed in new products which reshape society are better spent. Because technological changes have occurred so fast in our lifetime, we forget the last time a major shift occurred and just how long it took to get everyone on board. Horses -> Cars No Electricity -> everyone has electricity $0.15 home made coffee -> $5.00 Starbucks It takes time to get full saturation. If the issue is value, then the energy needs to be placed into replacing something that they currently see as valuable in their lives with a new technological replacement, which would be on the internet. Creating parallel options would NOT cause late-adopters to change. Infrastructure alone would NOT be seen as a valid reason for this crowd.

In the end, the energy needed to make late-adopters change is unproductive. Those energies placed in new products which reshape society are better spent.

Because technological changes have occurred so fast in our lifetime, we forget the last time a major shift occurred and just how long it took to get everyone on board.

Horses -> Cars
No Electricity -> everyone has electricity
$0.15 home made coffee -> $5.00 Starbucks

It takes time to get full saturation.

]]> By: dbling http://whatsnewmedia.org/2007/08/10/digital-holdouts-just-dont-see-the-internet-as-all-that-valuable/#comment-17570 dbling Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:31:02 +0000 http://whatsnewmedia.org/2007/08/10/digital-holdouts-just-dont-see-the-internet-as-all-that-valuable/#comment-17570 Fios would be nice if someone had the quadrillions of dollars that would be required to get fiber into the homes of the everyday consumer. However, much of the United States is still lagging behind in online technology seeing as how we are just now starting to phase out dialup. In contrast, Japan, parts of Sweden, and other places to our direct east are starting to get it right, offering gigabit speeds at the prices most Americans pay for high speed cable. For those not familiar, thats about 10 times faster than the fastest fios offering. A nice idea...yea it looks good on paper. However in its' application, I think fios is coming along at a time when technology is moving so fast that when the lines for fios are installed, fios 5 could be out. Fios would be nice if someone had the quadrillions of dollars that would be required to get fiber into the homes of the everyday consumer. However, much of the United States is still lagging behind in online technology seeing as how we are just now starting to phase out dialup. In contrast, Japan, parts of Sweden, and other places to our direct east are starting to get it right, offering gigabit speeds at the prices most Americans pay for high speed cable. For those not familiar, thats about 10 times faster than the fastest fios offering. A nice idea…yea it looks good on paper. However in its’ application, I think fios is coming along at a time when technology is moving so fast that when the lines for fios are installed, fios 5 could be out.

]]> By: Kari Sommers http://whatsnewmedia.org/2007/08/10/digital-holdouts-just-dont-see-the-internet-as-all-that-valuable/#comment-9383 Kari Sommers Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:26:16 +0000 http://whatsnewmedia.org/2007/08/10/digital-holdouts-just-dont-see-the-internet-as-all-that-valuable/#comment-9383 Do you think fiber might be part of the answer... just had a long chat w/ our friend in DC who developed this product... and he's pretty convinced it's going to be revolutionary. http://www22.verizon.com/content/consumerfios/ Do you think fiber might be part of the answer… just had a long chat w/ our friend in DC who developed this product… and he’s pretty convinced it’s going to be revolutionary. http://www22.verizon.com/content/consumerfios/

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