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US Ranking for Broadband Falls

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-don't-worry-none dept.

Ant writes "Broadband Reports mentions Declan McCullagh's CNET editorial where he believes everything is a-ok in the world of broadband, and people concerned with falling global rankings are over-reacting. 'FCC figures released last month show that 94.3 percent of U.S. ZIP codes have high-speed lines available to them,' he writes; though as we've pointed out, the FCC considers one home in a zip code with broadband to mean that entire zip code is 'serviced.'"

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  1. Serviced In the Biblical sense? by jmcharry · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    See subject for comment.

  2. Re:USA #1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And as we all know, huge coastlines are great things.
    What a hater. I can understand lots of the US bashing, but leave our geography out it.

  3. Re:USA #1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why get so defensive about a post pointing out that coastlines are not only a benefit, but also a risk? Are you really that insecure?

  4. Service by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    > to mean that entire zip code is 'serviced.'"

    Technically, no one with broadband at home gets "serviced". "Servicing" requires a second person... ...if ya know what I mean...

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