US Does Surprisingly Well in Internet Survey

Herman's hermit writes "A new report from the World Economic Forum ranks the US number four when it comes to 'network readiness,' despite the fact that the same report has the US 17th broadband subscribers and 19th in bandwidth. 'While good news overall for the US, which is poised to take full advantage of information technology gains, the report probably won't change many minds when it comes to talking specifically about US broadband deployment.'"

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[Z34107]

Problem is that most broadband is wired, and the US has a lot of acreage. It's easier in Japan, for example - a mile of wire can connect a helluva lot more people than here.

Just in case anyone's curious, I live in Green Bay, WI. 3/768 (not sure on the upload) is $20 a month from AT&T, some cable companies have 5 Mbit for $bucks, but I know a few friends that 10 Mbit connections from who knows where.

And... does the entire country of Ecuador share a slashdot account, or is your name misleading? ^.^

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[PMBjornerud]

Does this count as a Slashdot meme already? Every time there is a story on Slashdot about how the net is somehow better somewhere else than in the US the result is "But the US is so big" Americans today are wussies compared to Americans of the past.

Those guys covered that big, fat country in roads. They didn't whine and make excused about about how big the country was, they rolled up their sleeves and paved it.

If it makes you feel better to make excuses while falling behind in technology, feel free to do so. But know that falling behind in technological infrastructure is a very bad thing.