Its not the size, its the way the gov HELPS deploy
The issue is not the size vs USA. The issue is that the government is so willing to help deployment for broadband. Here we have to rely on the stupid telcos to deploy stuff.
How often do you hear the US governemnt offer 10billion for DSL/broadband deployment? How often have Telcos made promise to do it here in USA? everyday and never happens.
If the government and telcos did work together, we would prob have the same broadband available here as in SK. -- If PLC goes mainstream, every other broadband provider will be considered what dialup is today...not broadband.
I tell you what, if you want the government to give 10 billion dollars for broadband you just start the account and ante up your own funds to kick things off. Then once you have 10B give it to the government so they can give out 10B. Something tells me you won't be putting any of your money towards it anytime soon.
reply to markopoleo I agree. Korea has a GDP of $476 billion while the US has a GDP of $10.4 Trillion. The $9 billion is about 2% of their GDP. Not to mention the $10 billion they have already spent. That same 2% of our GDP would get us $218 billion. I think that a similar investment of over $400 billion would go along way in wiring up most of the US.
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