qdemn7
Smurf in My Loop
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join:2003-09-16
Fort Worth, TX
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Re: No wonder
said by yengec  :Most of these countries have a population of a few million at best and landmass that is comparable to North Carolina, maybe Texas at the most. Of course broadband penetration would be easier and broader in those regions that US is trailing. US by itself occupies half of the North America continent and we have way more distance and population than most of these countries combined... Cheers Dan Yes, but to listen to all they crybabies that will post later, it's all a grand conspiracy why we're #10. 
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Don't get me wrong, I love America, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. But America often reminds of "Wackyland" in that old Porky Pig cartoon when he was looking for the Dodo. Wackyland's motto was "It can happen here." |
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Shack
join:2002-01-17
Bloomington, IN
| Excellent point, however why is it almost non existent in even our most densely populated areas to have the quality of broadband that these counties have? 10/10 mbit connections have been common in several small countries for several years, yet that is almost non existent in even our most densely populated areas. Makes you wonder. |
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Pz_
join:2001-03-31
Brownsburg, IN
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Not a conspiracy, its just $$$. Why would any American telco/cableco upgrade the service they offer when they have a lock on local access? They can continue to milk money out of people for sub standard speeds. Maybe if I were a rich greedy cooperate guy I would be okay with robbing people too. Yeah thats right, I called it stealing. If the music/movie industry can make up new definitions, guess I can too.
I guess this is the part where the other crybabies come out and say something like "if you don't like your service pick another, or go back to dial up"
We all still pay for it because we don't have a choice. So they will keep raising the prices for the same services (kind of like oil) until someone steps in. Be it the government or a more reasonable alternative. |
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LinuxJunkie
join:2005-01-19
Cyberspace
| What I don't understand is why these same companies spend @$$ loads of money on lobbyists to prevent municipalities from creating their own fiber networks while at the same time refusing to bring broadband to the same areas because they've deemed them as having absolutely no profit potential?
It's sort of like saying, "I'm not going to sell you oranges because I wouldn't make enough money, but I'm not going to allow you to buy oranges anywhere else." |
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