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BBC Reports 38% Jump In U.S. Broadband Use

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pleasant-change dept.

Sammy at Palm Addict writes "The BBC tells how broadband internet usage has soared over in the U.S. 'More and more Americans are joining the internet's fast lane, according to official figures. The number of people and business connected to broadband jumped by 38% in a year, said the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC).'"

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  1. Yay! by krymsin01 · · Score: 3, Funny

    More drones for the botnets out there. More DDOS attacks! More Spam! It's a Good Thing(tm).

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  2. Teh Metrixs? by RileyLewis · · Score: 4, Funny

    According to a documentary I saw recently, in the not too distant future the entire world will be hooked up to some sort of large interconnected network of humans from birth, controlled by some robots or something. I think in parts II and III of the film series, the documentary maker goes more in depth about how a small bunch of people get all cranky and get everyone else cut off from the network. Probably overused their bandwidth or something.

  3. Hmm. Perhaps this isn't such a good thing... by Rupan · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm just imagining the l33t scr1pt k1dd13s on their parents' new DSL connection and shuddering.... or perhaps it is the slowdown that the surge in content demand will cause. Oh well... maybe it does have a good side... after all, the people will be seeding movie torrents too :)

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  4. The thrill is gone. by tloh · · Score: 3, Funny

    Man, the slashdot Gods really knows how to take the thrill out of a man's accomplishments. Just yesterday, I was giddy with pride for having finally figured out how to get the modem-on-hold function working for my dial up. No I'm depressed and have lost all motivation to attempt the same thing with my Debian partition. Excuse me but I have to go sulk now.

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  5. Re:Funny... by Triumph+The+Insult+C · · Score: 2, Funny

    Whatever happened to the American analysts and news companies?

    outsourced to the uk apparently

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  6. Re:Funny... by johannesg · · Score: 4, Funny
    Well, it is still unofficial, but the UK will be applying for membership of the US in the near future. It is all part of a greater plan in which Canada becomes part of the EU.

    Currently there are still some practical considerations (how do we move Canada to join up with continental Europe?), but once the polar ice has melted there should be nothing to stop us from sawing Canada free and towing it to its new location.

    The benefits to everyone are obvious: the EU is currently extremely crowded, but it will get a lot of extra land through this deal. The Canadians finally get a neighbour that respects them. The UK is finally rid of that damn EU, and the US... Well, I guess not everyone wins but the UK is only a small country anyway, most of you won't notice any changes...