broadband

5 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 26, 2018 by Chris Dixon · across every show →

Everything said about broadband, oldest first

Jul 26, 2018 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Dixon: Late-1990s McKinsey study wrongly predicted broadband failure
“There was a famous McKinsey study, it was like late nineties or something, like, would you want broadband, and no one said, and they surveyed people, and they were like, why would I pay, and it basically, but people said no, and they, people had concluded that…”
Chris Dixon Jul 26, 2018 ▶ 30:55 Crypto and Decentralization: Building Blocks
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Contradicted
Dixon: Late-90s McKinsey study predicted broadband would fail to gain adoption
“There was a famous McKinsey study, it was like late nineties or something, like, would you want broadband, and no one said, and they surveyed people, and they were like, why would I pay, and it basically, but people said no, and they, people had concluded that…”
Chris Dixon Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 31:45 a16z Podcast | Cryptonetworks and Decentralization -- Building Blocks
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Insight
Fred Wilson: YouTube succeeded due to broadband tipping and social sharing
“I think the two big moves that That made YouTube successful, whereas all the people who tried YouTube before YouTube were broadband, that's like, 80 to 90% of it, and also social sharing.”
Fred Wilson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:35 a16z Podcast | Technological Trends, Capital, and Internet 'Disruption'
Feb 28, 2024
Assertion Partly supported
Dixon: A 2003 Pew study showed most Americans did not want broadband
“My book, I say there was a Pew study. I think it was 2003 that asked Americans if they want broadband and the majority said no.”
Chris Dixon Feb 28, 2024 ▶ 36:56 Future of Crypto, Blockchain & Web3 w/ Chris Dixon
Jun 28, 2024
Insight
Andreessen: Compelling software interfaces force the adoption of infrastructure like broadband
“If we designed for broadband, like the, if it's a compelling enough user interface, it will actually cause broadband to happen.”
Marc Andreessen Jun 28, 2024 ▶ 52:05 Marc Andreessen on Inventing The Internet Browser (How We all Access the Internet)
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