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Worldwide State of Broadband - S Korea, Japan Lead
Geek of the Week writes "No surprise here, a report by the International Telecommunications Union shows the US lagging in broadband adoption. S Korea and Japan lead with between 60 and 70% of S Korean households wired for speed, with Japan catching up quickly. The U.S. ranks 11th. Story here and the full press release can be found on the ITU website. Having traveled through Asia for business I can't say I'm surprised, but it is disappointing that the availability and price are in such sorry states here in the U.S."
I think the reason is that the majority of the population in asian countries are in large cities, with easy access to broadband.
As opposed to the US, which has lots of rural areas that can't access broadband.
And I here online gaming is BIG BIG BIG too.
i highly doubt that the extreme rural areas of the united states would have broadband available. If it is available, it would most likely be at a high cost. As for the urban areas? sure broadband has its reasonable costs, but at the same time, the cost of living in many major cities (for example NYC BABAY!!!) has skyrocketed (1500 bucks a month for a small studio apt???!?!) at a time when broadband shouldve done the same. As a result, more and more americans are stuck with paying other more important bills...like electricity (at least when there is electricity ;) ). This is all due to the U.S.' sheer size. As a side note also, i'd say the bulk of breadwinners in the U.S. don't need broadband internet at home because theyre too tied up with setting up their tivo to record alex ross paintings.