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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. Re:Yawn. Same old story. by Paulrothrock · · Score: 5, Interesting
    TFA says that Canada ranks with South Korea in broadband penetration, and it has similar geography to the US.

    In other words, it's the Baby Bells and the FCC who make it hard for communities to roll their own broadband, not distance or regulations or profit.

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    I'm in the hole of the broadband donut.
  2. Success or become a new Ottoman Empire? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This has nothing to do with providing a luxury item, this is no longer the industrial age. In order for a nation to remain competitive in this new information age the glacial speeds imposed by companies seeking to maximize profits must end. The individuals of the nation can not organize to collectively to this outside of the government, which is the organization of all individuals of the nation. This will be mandated by the collective of the government or the nation will no longer be a major economic power. The health of the nation is at stake here, if this is not done the US will become the new sick man of the world-do you know what entity was the last "sick man"? The Ottoman Empire. Think past the immediate or you will fail to understand the majority of things.