said by nasadude:said by lt_wentoncha:These are the countries that most closely resemble the US in terms of geographic size or population. Where do they rank?
IT NEVER FAILS! every time a report likes this comes out, showing the U.S. with mediocre broadband (at best), someone drags out the "we're such a big country" canard.
if geographic density is our "excuse", why in the hell isn't New York or LA one of the fastest cities in the survey?
the U.S. sucks in the rankings because we have a monopoly/duopoly market with very little competition. monopolies DO NOT innovate and they only upgrade when failure to do so would cause the consumer experience to degrade (and sometimes, they do let it degrade before they make improvements). The only other time they upgrade is when facing competition.
So it's fair to compare Broadband penetration between the US and Korea?
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