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US Falls to 24th Place For Broadband Penetration

Posted by Zonk on from the that-is-not-so-good dept.

amigoro writes "According to research done by the consultancy firm Point Topic, the US has fallen to 24th place in terms of broadband penetration, with only 53% of households connected. South Korea led the pack, with 90% of households having highspeed connections. The US remains the largest broadband country in the world with more than 60.4 million subscribers in the quarter with 2.9 million new broadband additions, but China is fast catching up and has cut the gap to the US from 5.8 million at the end of 2006 to 4.1 million at end of March 2007. The firm's research also pointed out the disparity between the connectivity of first world nations and other places throughout the world. 'Many Sub-Saharan African states do not register in the figures at all: only South Africa, Sudan, Senegal and Gabon make it onto the list, with household broadband penetration running from 1.79% in South Africa - with 215,000 users at the end of March - to just 0.05% in Sudan - with a mere 3,000. North African states fare slightly better with Morocco scoring 6.78% penetration with 418,000 users and Egypt at 1.55% or 240,000.'"

11 of 273 comments (clear)

  1. We're Number One! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    We're Number One! We're Number One! We're Number One!

    Wait....

  2. I believe the pr0n industry by Glog · · Score: 3, Funny

    Would have to strongly distance itself from these statements. Penetration has never been stronger!

  3. Hey, I've seen plenty of penetration over my by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    broadband! What are they talking about?!

  4. Haha by Disharmony2012 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...with only 53% of households connected...

    And the rest use other peoples' unsecured wireless connection.

    Americans
  5. In comparison... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I wonder what percentage of the Slashdot crowd gets penetration.

  6. farmers? by jhutchens · · Score: 2, Funny

    "South Korea led the pack, with 90% of households having highspeed connections."

    More bandwidth to farm gold with?

  7. wifi by thedrunkensailor · · Score: 2, Funny

    does this take into account that we're all connected on our neighbor's wifi?

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  8. Nerds by GrayCalx · · Score: 2, Funny

    Leave it to the nerds to have penetration issues.

  9. Re:re-read the ac's post again by eneville · · Score: 1, Funny

    [obligatory] in soviet russia broadband find you!! [/obligatory]

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  10. Re:It's insane by westlake · · Score: 2, Funny
    they can't get anything but dialup there. They can't even get cable, they have to have a dish. I was actually considering moving in there cuz it was really nice and the price was right but then I heard that and was like forget it. It's not even close to a rural area either. It's like half a mile from one of the biggest malls around here

    It could just be that the Internet is not central to their lives. There is so much else that may count for more.

  11. Re:Not a surprise by ZombieRoboNinja · · Score: 2, Funny

    Because your land area includes a huge percentage of barren, lifeless regions with no notable human settlements, like the Yukon and Quebec.