[LINK] study on use of 3G - nup

[Jan Whitaker]

http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/3g-services-largely-unused-report/2008/05/09/1210131230265.html
3G services largely unused: report
Asher Moses
May 9, 2008 - 1:03PM

A third of Australian consumers own a 3G-capable phone but two thirds 
of these do not use the available 3G services, a new report from the 
Australian Communications and Media Authority has revealed.

Half of those who owned a 3G phone but did not use the 3G services - 
which include mobile internet, video calling and music streaming - 
had no interest in them. Others cited high costs and lack of 
knowledge on how to access the services.
[The Smith Family has just gotten a bit of money from Telstra to 
teach people how to use their mobiles. I wonder if this is part of 
what sparked it. "Teach them, and they will pay."]

The report, part of ACMA's Telecommunications Today series, also 
found 90 per cent of households have both a fixed-line phone and a 
mobile phone, but almost half preferred to use mobiles as their main 
calling method.
[preference is self-reporting, not actuality of behaviour patterns]

The move away from fixed lines is set to pick up pace as mobile calls 
continue to drop in price; consumers indicated cost was a key reason 
for them keeping their landline. New broadband internet services such 
as naked DSL allow people to subscribe to ADSL without also paying 
landline rental fees.
[yeah, but they still have to pay for the line somehow, whether they 
use PSTN or not, right? Or are they suggesting wireless DSL will substitute?]

ACMA also reported that while take up of voice over internet protocol 
(VoIP) phone services is low - only one in five households with 
internet access have used a VoIP service - a quarter of households 
indicated they would consider replacing their fixed-line services 
with other forms of voice communications.

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