18% Don't understand the term 'Broadband'

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

LOL

Research by the ISP revealed that 18 percent of web users don't know what the term 'broadband' means while 40 percent did not understand what ADSL broadband is.

Virgin Media also said that 45 percent of Brits surveyed didn't know what a dongle is and seven percent thought Blu-ray was a type of internet access.

The ISP also said that 40 percent of web users don't know what a 'web browser' is and almost half don't understand how broadband speed is measured.

But wait! That's just in Britain!

http://www.cio.com/article/print/490806

[quaxo]

Broadband - (n) A band that plays a wide range of styles. Their speed is measure in their average BPM.

ADSL Broadband - (n) Another Dull, Stupid, Lazy Broadband. ADSL Broadband's just copy other people's songs because they're too lazy and stupid to write their own.

Dongle - (n) A small piece of... something... that hangs from... somewhere...

Blu-ray - (n) Beyond gamma rays... it's the next inevitable phase.

Web browser - (n) Someone who spends too much time in their attic examining spider webs.

[evilfantasy]

75% still haven't found the "Any" key...

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

LOL

[Helpmeh]

75% still haven't found the "Any" key...

(Go on wikipedia if you don't understand that)

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

(Go on wikipedia if you don't understand that)

?

[evilfantasy]

?

No stealing bandwidth.

http://atom.smasher.org/error/

[Broni]

Not everyone has to have computer knowledge, but:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/roper2006/findings.html

Most young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 demonstrate a limited understanding of the world, and they place insufficient importance on the basic geographic skills that might enhance their knowledge.

    *  Only 37% of young Americans can find Iraq on a map—though U.S. troops have been there since 2003.
    * 6 in 10 young Americans don't speak a foreign language fluently.
    * 20% of young Americans think Sudan is in Asia. (It's the largest country in Africa.)
    * 48% of young Americans believe the majority population in India is Muslim. (It's Hindu—by a landslide.)
    * Half of young Americans can't find New York on a map.

[computeruler]

New York!? Really!!??  Its the one by PA and vermont and delaware and maryland and all those!

[evilfantasy]

100% of reports say that 50% of polls can be manipulated 90% of the time according to 75% of the polls taken during 25% of a scientific study.

[computeruler]

That was confusing 

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Almost all Americans I have met think Hong Kong is in Japan.

[computeruler]

Guilty 

[Broni]

Some years ago, I went to a doctor's with my young daughter.
The nurse (I guess, you need some college education to be a nurse) after finding out, we're originally from Poland, asked:
"Is that in Africa?"
I'm not joking. It happened for real.
Unfortunately, poll, no poll, Americans' ignorance is pretty well known around the world.
I apologize to all, who feel offended by my statement.

[evilfantasy]

All we have is Canada and Mexico bordering us and those are easy to spot on a map.

Sadly though it creates a lot of ignorance.