Internet Connectivity Outside of the United States 504
Ant writes "A Yahoo! news story says that nearly 60 publications in countries bear the PC World name, or are associated with it in some way. The editors at several of them were asked to report how their readers get online. Not surprisingly, the report indicates that many countries are substantially ahead of the United States in online access." From the article: "For example, in the United Kingdom, you can buy DSL service with a download speed of up to 24 megabits per second. In Denmark, some people have fiber-optic connections as fast as 100 mbps. And in Italy and Spain, broadband service is cheap, and dial-up service is free (except for the cost of the local call). Still, many countries have their own connection quirks ..."
Holy internet traffic... (Score:5, Funny)
Not in Chicago (Score:3, Funny)
where do you think the money is coming from (Score:1, Funny)
Easy fix (Score:2, Funny)
Just let ISPs and Telcos charge more than once for each packet, depending on where its going and what its for. That way everybody's connectivity slows down, nobody really gets anything faster, and they pay more for that improvement.
That should fix things up nicely.
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Re:As expected (Score:3, Funny)
I'm paying $40 american for 3G/768M. What gives with that?
Fucking... I'm moving to Canada.
Re:Superiority of the Free Market. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Superiority of the Free Market. (Score:2, Funny)
I also downloaded 4 GB of data last night
Another 350 meg and that DVD-R will be ready! What movie?
Do you really need that much speed? (Score:2, Funny)
Let's Switch Slogans (Score:3, Funny)
Current Currency? (Score:3, Funny)
Has the UK changed its currency again?
Amazing how clueless online news sites are about character set issues.
Re:Superiority of the Free Market. (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:Superiority of the Free Market. (Score:2, Funny)
Ahh so you've been to Hawaii, have ya?