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prairiesky
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canada

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isn't it cheaper and a little less ridiculous to just pay $100 a month or whatever the fastest package available to you is? than to move half way around the world solely to have faster Internet?

jseymour
join:2009-12-11
Waterford, MI

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said by prairiesky:

isn't it cheaper and a little less ridiculous to just pay $100 a month or whatever the fastest package available to you is? than to move half way around the world solely to have faster Internet?

It isn't just Internet connectivity. The U.S. is falling behind in every aspect of consumer telecommunications services. We pay more and get less for it than they do in much of western Europe and Asia.

This has been the case for years and, if anything, the disparity is growing. Once-upon-a-time the U.S. was the place to be if high-tech was your game. That is not so much the case anymore, and it's becoming less so as time goes by.

Jim
prairiesky
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canada

prairiesky

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so then it's internet, landline and cellphone that would make you move half way around the world? As far as i know, north american has really never been a front runner. People have always looked to the orient for their tech needs

jseymour
join:2009-12-11
Waterford, MI

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said by prairiesky:

so then it's internet, landline and cellphone that would make you move half way around the world?

It's more than just that, but those certainly figure into it.

You're trying to turn this into a discussion about me. This isn't about me. This is about how the United States of America, once a front-runner in tech. and telecommunications services (not to mention a bunch of other stuff) no longer is.
said by prairiesky:

As far as i know, north american has really never been a front runner. People have always looked to the orient for their tech needs

Wow!

How far we've fallen How depressingly sad

Jim
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