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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. Re:Problem with Broadband by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative
    Umm... what about FIOS?

    That seems plenty fast to me...

  2. United States 3rd in Internet penetration rate by mc6809e · · Score: 5, Informative

    What a crock of propaganda.

    The United States is 3rd in total internet penetration rate (68.8%), only behind Sweden(74.6%) and Hong Kong(72.5%).France, Portugal, and Estonia, aren't even in the top 25.

    Pathetic, and by your logic much less informed than USAians. Europeans should be ashamed.

    Oh sure. Maybe broadband is cheaper some places. Or more people have it in other places. Big deal. Many Americans seem happy with modems.

    1 Sweden 74.6 %
    6,722,576
    9,010,700
    Nielsen//NR Aug./04

    2 Hong Kong 72.5 %
    4,878,713
    6,727,900
    Nielsen//NR Aug./04

    3 United States 68.8 %
    201,661,159
    293,271,500
    Nielsen//NR Aug./04

    4 Iceland 66.6 %
    195,000
    292,800
    ITU - Dec./03

    5 Netherlands 66.5 %
    10,806,328
    16,254,900
    Nielsen//NR Aug./04

    6 Australia 65.9 %
    13,359,821
    20,275,700
    Nielsen//NR Aug./04

    7 Canada 64.2 %
    20,450,000
    31,846,900
    C.I.Almanac - Dec/03

    8 Switzerland 63.5 %
    4,432,190
    7,433,000
    Nielsen//NR Aug./04

    9 Denmark 62.5 %
    3,375,850
    5,397,600
    Nielsen//NR June/02

    10 Korea, (South) 62.4 %
    30,670,000
    49,131,700
    KRNIC - July/04

    1. Re:United States 3rd in Internet penetration rate by gad_zuki! · · Score: 2, Informative
      Penetration does not equal broadband. The article is about broadband connections, not access.

      Not to mention in this study, internet access at the library counts even if you dont even own a home computer. Internet access at work counts even if you don't own a home computer. Etc.
      The ITU subscribes to the definition of an internet user as someone aged 2 years old and above, who went online in the past 30 days. The US Department of Commerce, in contrast, defines internet users as those 3 years or older who 'currently use' the internet. Other market researchers have there own definitions.

      We believe that a basic definition must be as general and as simple as possible. For analyzing and comparing Internet users on a global scale, IWS adopts as its benchmark a broad definition and defines an Internet User as anyone currently in capacity to use the Internet.
      If you read the article all the BBC is claiming is that there are 32 million NEW broadband connections in the US. Be it home or business.
  3. Re:What do you mean "over" in the US? by SphericalCrusher · · Score: 1, Informative

    It's an article from BBC.

    BBC = British Broadcasting Corporation = Great Britain.

    From the article's perspective, it's talking about broadband usage over here in the US. But they are there. Get it? Good.

    --
    "Instant gratification takes too long." - Carrie Fisher
  4. correction by gad_zuki! · · Score: 2, Informative

    That should be 9 million new connections this year, 32 million total.

  5. A few more stories you might have missed... by jdfox · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...since the corporate media refuse to report on them.

    The BBC however is hardly free of self-censorship, and its news is presented very much from the point of view of the cliques that run it.

    The best news IMHO is dominated neither by governments nor corporations, but there's not a lot of that around these days, at least not on television or in dailies.