 funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
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Yarmouth Port, MA
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Re: Canada, Russia, Indonesia said by Soybomb:This is spot on. I've never understood why people find it startling that the US doesn't have the most developed broadband network. The US is an enormous country with a very low population density. Of course Japan is going to have a better network, we're talking about a jillion people in a small area, easy to make a good ROI quickly. I've thought about it as an effect of what happened.
1st. We deployed first in late 1990s using that generation's equipment.
2nd. Then "they" deployed in early 2000s and late 2000s using that generation's equipment which was 4x faster at the same price.
3rd. Rather than dig up copper and coax for fiber, we milked the last mile revving some of the equipment but not the medium, so we got a big gain but not a revolutionary gain.
4th. "They" are doing the same thing with their improvements, but their starting baseline was higher than ours, so they continue to stay ahead.
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