U.S. Broadband Access Falling Behind

EpochVII writes "FreePress recently released a report(PDF) detailing the woeful situation of U.S. broadband access. From the press release: 'By overstating broadband availability and portraying anti-competitive policies as good for consumers, the FCC is trying to erect a façade of success. But if the president's goal of universal, affordable high-speed Internet access by 2007 is to be achieved, policymakers in Washington must change course.'"

Comments

façade?

[zegebbers]

Ohh I see, I thought there was something on my monitor

Re:façade?

[cujo_1111]

That sir, is what is called a cunning C...

Re:façade?

[TheRaven64]

I think the shocking thing is that Slashcode managed to handle a non-ASCII character. Even more impressive would be if it handled proper unicode and didn't replace every trademark symbol I type with (tm). I'm sure it will manage this Real Soon Now(TM).

The S. Koreans

[grolaw]

Have the U.S. beat . . .

Where are our leaders? Oh, yeah...

Bought and paid for.

Re:The S. Koreans

[uberdave]

compared to the United States, a large country with more vast, unpopulated areas than any other industrial nation.

Again this idiotic notion buried in the American psyche that they are first at everything. Canada has far more vast, unpopulated regions than the US could ever possibly hope to have.

Re:The S. Koreans

[Capitalist1]

He did say industrial nations. I don't know if Maple Syrup and moose porn count as "industries".

Re:The S. Koreans

[99BottlesOfBeerInMyF]

You're right....South Korea has the US beat in corporate ownership of the government hands down. Ever been there? Hyundai, KIA, Samsung, and L.G. pretty much run the whole country.

That's just South Korean propaganda! The U.S. government is owned by thousands more corporations than S. Korea can ever hope to be.

From the desk of the President

[peculiarmethod]

FW: WHITEHOUSE.GOV FROM TEXASPLAYSCHOOLRANCH.TX

Now listen here you com@#$@S=-ASDmies^h^h^h^h^h^hliberal media puppets, everything is just fine, on schedule, an@$#JJJ@#$J&_d we're even ahead of schedule on most points. Why even the white@#$((___house network, where I am communicating from now, is wired to mindblowing speeds. Have fa&@*(&(ith, America.

Yours,

G.

Re:From the desk of the President

[peculiarmethod]

can't portray him TOO closely, or it's a federal crime. since everything else was accurate, I figured the signature should be off.

I'm moving...

[Murasaki Skies]

This puts the United States near the average for the OECD, and far behind countries such as the England and France, which have made rapid progress in broadband adoption.

I'm moving to the England.

Oh, Gee

[Winkhorst]

You mean they are substituting lies and distortion for facts? Gee, I never would have expected that from this administration... [/sarcasm]

Say it ain't so!

[inkswamp]

This can't be true. You mean turning over something like this to large corporations and reducing government influence so as to use the lure of profits to drive better technology and wider availability and therefore serve the public better doesn't really work???

Oh dear god, please say it ain't true! Please don't tell me that big corporations don't care deeply about me and my family. My dreams, my world view, my whole life has just come crashing down like a house of cards.

(Sobbing quietly, if not sarcastically, to myself.)