[Foundation-l] [Fwd: [Wiki-research-l] Pew Research Report on Wikipedia]

[David Gerard]

On 14 January 2011 12:11, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:

> There is a correlation between broadband and age, as well, I believe.
> The elderly (when they have an internet connection at all) are more
> likely to use dialup than the general population (I think - I haven't
> looked at the numbers recently). It wouldn't surprise me at all if
> Wikipedia isn't used a much by the elderly as by the general
> population.


Good question. Mind you, my mother got broadband specifically to make
video phone calls with Skype to her grandchildren ... grandmothers are
the userbase for video phones.


- d.