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Re: broadband
Basement wrote:
> "shauny" <_krud@orcon.net.nz_> schreef in bericht
> news:45d50cc8@news.orcon.net.nz...
>> Basement wrote:
>>> I found this quite interesting. How are you americans thinking about
>>> this:
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> 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?
>
>
Nope!
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