resolv.conf questions

[Tom H]

On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 5:21 PM Colin Watson <cjwatson at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 09:01:22AM -0500, Wade Smart wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Statistically means numbers. Here they are: https://broadbandnow.com/DSL 90% coverage...
>>
>> Im calling bs on this coverage. DSL may be offered 'virtually
>> everywhere' but only in name. Between ill maintained lines,
>> outdated and weathered lines, dsl isnt not a realistic option.
>> This (my opinion) only applies to the density of cities where
>> there are lots of potential customers for the phone company to
>> target. This is not true outside of cities throughout the midwest.
>> Not with DSL.
>
> https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
> says that 82.3% of the US population is "urban". I appreciate that
> that can have a variety of meanings, but is it not nevertheless
> true that most people in the US live in cities? I think the 90%
> there is meant to refer to population, not land area.

I looked up the US census definition of "urban" last year and it's
funky: cities with a population of 2,500 and above.

But I also found (during the above search) that the top 50 cities in
the US have more than 50% of the country's population.