Why You Don't Have a Broadband Connection

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."

Comments

In the UK

[oliverthered]

I didn't have broadband because my local exchange wasn't ADSL enabled, there are no cable companies neer where I live and satalite is toooo expensive.

DSL has a two mile limit

[yerricde]

Obviously this author hasn't heard of DSL/ADSL.

ADSL is available only within two miles of the phone company's switch. In order to live within two miles of the phone company's switch, some people would have to move house. Buying a house may cost $200,000 payable over 360 months, and for that price, you might as well get a T1 line to your home.