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?

[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).

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".

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.