On Aug 29, 2009, at 12:40 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4037659
A report on Internet speed in the United States says the country
isn’t likely to catch world leader South Korea for 15 years.
Or for much longer — at current growth rates, the United States will
only reach South Korea’s speed today in 15 years.
The report, by the Communications Workers of America, details
Internet download and upload speeds all over the United States and
some of its affiliated territories. In the last year, the average
upload speed in the United States “barely changed,” the report said,
and download speed only grew a little, from 4.2 megabits per second
in 2008 to 5.1 megabits per second in 2009.
In South Korea, average download speed is four times faster — 20.4
megabits per second. The United States also lags Japan (15.8 mbps),
Sweden (12.8 mbps), the Netherlands (11 mbps) and 24 other countries.
The report said U.S. speeds aren’t sufficient for the needs of in-
home medical monitoring, distance learning programs, or to run a
modern business from home.
Meh. There is a lot more ground to lay fiber for in the US which has
slowed things down. Actually most of the long haul stuff is already
fast as hell it's the last mile so to speak where the lag is. Why
hasn't it increased as quickly? Lack of demand. What we have today
serves the vast majority very well and phone service itself is much
more reliable and cheaper than most peoples internet connectivity.
How can you expect the consumer to want to change when they don't see
a need to do so? Comparing the US to countries smaller than some
states for this stuff is a little misleading.
--Larry
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