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Internet Connectivity Outside of the United States
Ant writes "A Yahoo! news story says that nearly 60 publications in countries bear the PC World name, or are associated with it in some way. The editors at several of them were asked to report how their readers get online. Not surprisingly, the report indicates that many countries are substantially ahead of the United States in online access." From the article: "For example, in the United Kingdom, you can buy DSL service with a download speed of up to 24 megabits per second. In Denmark, some people have fiber-optic connections as fast as 100 mbps. And in Italy and Spain, broadband service is cheap, and dial-up service is free (except for the cost of the local call). Still, many countries have their own connection quirks ..."
You mean Americans don't have to bring an extra long network cord from home for internet access abroad?! :P
Here, if you drive 20 minutes, you're two blocks from where you started.
i sorta like not having to pay 50-70% of my income in taxes even if my broadband bill is $20/mo higher.
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Just let ISPs and Telcos charge more than once for each packet, depending on where its going and what its for. That way everybody's connectivity slows down, nobody really gets anything faster, and they pay more for that improvement.
That should fix things up nicely.
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I'm paying $40 american for 3G/768M. What gives with that?
Fucking... I'm moving to Canada.
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May be, but that's not counting all the penguins. They make a huge difference over there.
Why are you letting these clowns ruin our country?
I also downloaded 4 GB of data last night
Another 350 meg and that DVD-R will be ready! What movie?
Trolling is a art,
Do you really need 24 or 100 mbps????? Are you really downloading that much porn that a meager old 1.5 mbps won't get the job done? I would find a figure of "X% of the population isn't' using dial-up (read as broadband)" to be much more meaningful.
"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." Mark Twain.
I'm tired of this crap saying America is behind in broadband. What is "behind"? What is "broadband"? Ya gotta give me some meat to make this a real argument. What if Americans simply don't want broadband as much as the rest of the world does? What if we have a culture that's simply different than what the rest of the world has? What if a sociologist came up with a convincing theory about how Americans are so saturated with media sources that they don't need the Internet as much as the people of other nations? It's okay, people, don't give yourself an aneurysm. If you want broadband, pay for it. Don't put your "behind" on to the rest of the nation.
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Has the UK changed its currency again?
Amazing how clueless online news sites are about character set issues.
I don't work toward my own interests.
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