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From: Rob Goldstein Delivered-To: sgoldste@nsf.gov To: "Steve Goldstein" <sgoldste@nsf.gov> Subject: RE: Re: Typical Customer Profiles Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 17:54:50 -0500 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal

No,

Arbitron rates Internet customers and their listening habits. The ratings contain demographics like what age groups listen to what Internet radio stations, how much they make and what toilet paper they use. However the ratings do not broach the subject of connection speeds across various telecommunications media (dialup, cable, DSL. etc..).

Rob

-----Original Message----- From: Steve Goldstein [mailto:sgoldste@nsf.gov] Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 1:45 PM To: Robert D Goldstein Subject: Fwd: Re: Typical Customer Profiles

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Has anyone published something like "Neilson Ratings" for Internet use? Something that would show how much time a customer spends using

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Internet connection, how much they download and speed they commonly get/expect? I would be interested in breaking these questions out for a dialup user, cable modem user, DSL user and then home use vs. small business use. ... ================ END FORWARDED MESSAGE =============== -- ================ END FORWARDED MESSAGE =============== --