US Lags World In Broadband Access 608
An anonymous reader writes "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?
" US Lags World In Broadband Access" (Score:5, Funny)
Perhaps the problem lies in our leadership? (Score:5, Funny)
<snide-remark>With intelligent leadership like that, it makes you wonder how we can be lagging so far behind.</snide-remark>
Re:Perhaps the problem lies in our leadership? (Score:5, Funny)
Sheesh, you Bush bashers, always so quick to the trigger.
Isn't It Obvious? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:location, location, location (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This might be... (Score:5, Funny)
Person A: US boradband sucks because the US is a big country.
Person B: Canada is bigger and boradband doesn't suck there.
Person A: Oh...
Re:This might be... (Score:3, Funny)
Ron Jeremy can do it.
Re:This might be... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Competition, competition, competition (Score:5, Funny)
I just keep expecting to see:
Everyone in Canada lives in one house who's front porch is on US soil, except bill, who lives on Neptune, but he still gets 1TB down and they pay him $25 a month to use it!