Why You Don't Have a Broadband Connection

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday August 28, 2002 @03:52AM from the aol-highspeed dept.

blandthrax writes "I ran across this article on The New Republic. The long and short of it indicates that the reason why almost 90% of Americans don't have a broadband connection is because current broadband providers are preventing other ISP's from entering the fray. The result: higher prices for broadband connections and a general lack of innovation. An interesting read full of good details. And, as usual, we learn that countries such as Japan and Korea are far ahead of the US in terms of innovation and technological saturation."

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Slashdot... by bytesmythe · 2002-08-28 04:00 · Score: 5, Funny

Apparently "The New Republic" doesn't have a broadband connection, either. ;)

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Re:Don't move just to get broadband. Get T1 instea by Unknown+Bovine+Group · 2002-08-28 04:10 · Score: 3, Funny

yeah, except that with each purchase of a $200k house you get... A FREAKIN $200k HOUSE!

Ahem.

Having said that, I have cable access, but I'd rather have cheaper access and more choices. But that's because I'm a greedy bastard... But hey, that's capitalism at work!

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