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Re: broadband
"shauny" <_krud@orcon.net.nz_> schreef in bericht
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> Basement wrote:
>> I found this quite interesting. How are you americans thinking about
>> this:
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>> quote Slashdot:
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>> "When It Comes To Broadband, U.S. Plays Follow The Leader says a story in
>> IWeek. Their thesis is that, while broadband access in the United States
>> rose from 60 million users in March 2005 to 84 million in March 2006, the
>> US is well behind countries like England and China. Indeed, what you may
>> not realize is that the U.S. ranks a surprisingly poor 12th in worldwide
>> broadband access, a situation which could threaten its ability to
>> maintain its technological lead. The federal government is no help: the
>> FCC has almost no data on the rate of hi-speed adoption, or of what the
>> speed and quality of those services are. Broadband is more expensive here
>> than in other nations, as well, almost 10 times as expensive by some
>> estimates. The cost and poor quality of service aren't from population
>> density, aren't from lack of interest, and are not from lack of technical
>> know-how. So, what is holding us back?
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> Every country says that they are behind. the US is behind England, England
> is behind Japan, Japan is behind New Zealand, New Zealand is behind
> Australia, Australia is behind the US and so on.
> Note also that this is how many people actually HAVE broadband. Not CAN
> have broadband.
Do you have any data to back that up?
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