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Broadband Envy: Fixing American Broadband

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you'll-dial-up-and-you'll-like-it dept.

Ant writes "Broadband Reports has a story on broadband services among countries including United States falling behind: 'Bombarded with tales of South Koreans and Swedes watching high-definition soap-operas via 100Mbps connections, the media has apparently developed a nasty case of broadband envy. This Reuters article suggests the US has "missed the high speed revolution", while last week Business Week dubbed America a "broadband backwater".'"

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  1. I wouldn't trade better broadband... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ...For communism, sorry.

    I'm very happy to be living in within a structure of a decentralized broadband access where each individual state dictates the best method of communication, rather than a country tell me that only DSL or CABLE is available.

    I don't want my broadband to be a beurocracy, and I can put up with a few hiccups here and there because down the road, we're going to catch up and feel at ease.

    It's interesting how the author fails to mention that there are restrictions on websites that users can visit in the aforementioned country, but I digress. I guess that's a convenient oversight.

  2. The US has Bigger Better Broadband by shm · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ... only they call it their beltsize.

  3. Re:Area to cover by jratcliffe · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Amount that Sweden and South Korea have paid to shelter under US protection since WWII? Zero.