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America's Broadband Dream Is Alive-- In Korea
An anonymous reader writes "America's Broadband Dream Is Alive in Korea thanks to government encouragement, according to the NY times (free reg, etc...). But profits are elusive." The U.S. is a lot more spread out than Korea, though -- some American cities are pretty well connected.
While this may be interesting, in a capitalist society such as the U.S., it is not the government's responsibility to provide Internet access to individuals. I am perfectly happy with my DSL as is, and i don't want them meddling in it. If I wanted socialism, I'd move to South Korea or Europe. But I don't.
Nothing prevents you from moving. If broadband is your life's driving force, start packing your bags and learning to like korean pickled cabbage. Me, that alone would preclude me from ever moving to S. Korea. That shit stinks to high heaven.
-- You see, there would be these conclusions that you could jump to
The density argument is a bunch of shit. I'm on the far north coast of Taiwan miles from anything close to a town. 1.5megDSL thirty bucks a month.
Bandwidth costs in the States because the people have decided to be satisfied with a government that suppoorts corporate welfare over human welfare.