Re: [MLUG] most wired local markets...

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Jonathan King wrote:

>
> ...I guess this is another way to approximate relative geekiness:
>
>    http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010403/2129.html
>
> Interestingly, estimating internet penetration is a new line of work
> for the good old Nielsen folks.  Unfortunately, they only seem to look
> at big (1,000,000+) markets.  But it turns out that 70% of local
> households have net access in Portland and Seattle, so they're #1 and
> #2.  KC (61%) is #10, St. Louis (60%) is #12.  Seeing numbers that
> high for St. Louis (in particular) suggests to me that the Columbia
> number would have to be right up there near the top.  (Except that if
> they included smaller markets, they would probably find other college
> towns with ludicrously high numbers, too.)


It must be another one of those "metro area" statistics.  There's no way
St. Louis has that high penetration, and there's no way St. Louis has
1,000,000 people.  It's good to see such high percentages though.  Really
good.  The 'net isn't going away, but the NASDAQ might!

Mike

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