おはようございます。KANOです。本日はこちらの記事から。
アメリカの通信事情について。国土が広いとインフラ整備大変ですね。
seemingly
意味 外見上は, 見たところでは
Home broadband is more important than ever. It’s also seemingly a luxury good.
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bring in A
意味 〈仕事· 事業などが〉A〈収益· 利益など〉をもたらす, 生ずる; 〈人が〉A〈金額〉を稼ぐ
A much higher 92 percent of households bringing in $75,000 or more per year have home broadband, according to a new survey by Pew Research Center.
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persistent
意味 〈望ましくない状態が〉（必要以上に） 長続きする; 繰り返して起こる; 慢性的な
“That gap has been persistent even as the number of people who live in poor households has gone up over the years,” according to Lee Rainie, director of internet and technology research at Pew, which has been surveying broadband access for two decades.
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demographic
意味 人口統計学の.
Broadband access varies by other demographic factors as well.
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People without college degrees were less likely to have broadband than people with more education.
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生々しいなぁw
counterpart
意味 対応 [相当] する物 [人]
Black and Hispanic people were less likely to have it than their white counterparts.
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この単語、こういう使い方なのね。何となく「比較対象・競争相手」なニュアンスで覚えてしまってた。
That’s due to the high cost of internet in the United States — about $60 a month — which is more than many Americans can afford.
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アメリカの回線は日本より高くて遅いって聞いたことあるもんなー。うちはUQwimaxだけど在宅勤務に全く支障ないので申し訳ないくらいw
throttle
意味 〈活動など〉を阻害する; [IT]〈通信速度〉を遅くする.
Many smartphone plans also have limited data, and even unlimited plans are throttled after a point, meaning you can’t browse or download as much as you could over a broadband connection.
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