[CITASA] Fwd: FW: expert needed for news story on internet connection

Fri Feb 26 11:32:25 CST 2010

So, Stephen maybe read an article about how people are "clinging" to dial up, but the article didn't say why? Was it a research article? Or was it just made up? Are they clinging, or using? What's his source on this "cling" business?

On Feb 26, 2010, at 11:39 AM, gustavo wrote:
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: FW: expert needed for news story on internet connection
> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:23:15 -0500
> From: ASA Public Information <pubinfo at asanet.org>
> To: "'gustavo at soc.haifa.ac.il'" <gustavo at soc.haifa.ac.il>,
> "'nippert at iit.edu'" <nippert at iit.edu>, "'fischern at augsburg.edu'"
> <fischern at augsburg.edu>, "'khampton at asc.upenn.edu'"
> <khampton at asc.upenn.edu>, "'jboase at rci.rutgers.edu'"
> <jboase at rci.rutgers.edu>, "'drf2004 at columbia.edu'" <drf2004 at columbia.edu>,
> "'loriken at illinois.edu'" <loriken at illinois.edu>, "'bl506 at york.ac.uk'"
> <bl506 at york.ac.uk>, "'lrobinson at scu.edu'" <lrobinson at scu.edu>
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> Could you please post this message to the CITASA listserv? Thanks!
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> Dear ASA Communication and Information Technology Section Member,
> As ASA's Communications Director I am writing to request that if you have
> expertise on or research-based knowledge about why some Internet users
> cling to dial-up (vs higher-speed) connections to the Internet, please
> contact Columbia News Service reporter Stephen Shen (917-763-2201,
> sdc2133 at columbia.edu<mailto:sdc2133 at columbia.edu>) immediately, as he is on
> deadline for COB today writing a story for the news wire on this topic.
> Lee
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> Lee Herring
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