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U.S. Cities Don't Make the Intelligence Cut

Posted by samzenpus on from the the-most-common-elements-in-the-universe-are-hydrogen-and-stupidity dept.

coondoggie writes "For the second year running, no U.S. city has made the list of the world's top Intelligent Communities of 2007, as selected by global think tank Intelligent Community Forum. The ICF selects the Intelligent Community list based on how advanced the communities are in deploying broadband, building a knowledge-based workforce, combining government and private-sector "digital inclusion," fostering innovation and marketing economic development."

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  1. Huh? by dctoastman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As based on Broadband deployment?
    Instead of basing it on say, the intelligence of the community.

    But, it was part of the Pacific Telecommunications Council, so I'm sure they have an agenda somewhere.

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  2. Lobbyist Alert by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The ICF met and announced this list as part of the 29th annual Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) conference

    This is a political ploy by Telecoms to push governments into subsidizing broadband. It is trolling, just like "You are not intelligent if you don't use vi/java/rails/xml/etc." We've been -1trolled.

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  3. Let me translate from the Market-Speak by Nova+Express · · Score: 5, Insightful
    "We want government to pay for lots of Broadband so the people proping up this institute make lots of money."

    "The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) is a nonprofit think tank that focuses on job creation and economic development in the broadband economy."

    This is not an objective measure of how "intelligent" a community is, it's an objective measure of what broadband policies will make the global technocratic elite supporters of the institute the most money. And the "Digital Inclusiveness" blurb means "How can we get more money from taxpayers to line our pockets?"

    But I'm sure they appreciate the free advertising. In fact, I would say that was worth $25,000 of free advertizing for them, which means that now Slashdot will have to register as a paid lobbyist. Oh wait, that bill was defeated.

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  4. Re:Tallinn, Estonia by Score+Whore · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That's nothing, Paco! My *apartment* beats the flying fuck out of every nation on the planet: 100% broadband penetration. 100% employed in the IT field. 8:1 computer to user ratio. All this despite having a GDP several orders of magnitude smaller than any nation on the planet.

    Estonia's land area is smaller than 41 of the 50 US states. It has a lower population tha 40 of the 50 US states. Maybe it would be wise to consider the challenges in deploying a cellular service to a massive country vs. to a tiny country.

    Finally you ought to consider what it really means to improve your life.

    If you want talk "beating pants off technologically" you might want to take a look see about which countries make high performance micro processors.

  5. Re:Incorrect by pipingguy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That's because Canada is two nations, not just one.