U.S. Leads World in Total Wi-Fi Connections And other stats, courtesy of Ofcom... Muni-Wireless takes a look by UK telecom regulator Ofcom that explores the international telecom market. The report explores the "levels of availability and adoption of communications services and how they are used by consumers" in France, Germany, Italy, the US, Japan, China and a handful of other places if data is available. There's a flurry of interesting stats in the report. Among them: •The UK and the Republic of Ireland lead in WiFi communications among the countries considered, with around 18 hot-spots per 100 people.•By the end of 2005, around 7% of the UK’s mobile subscriptions were 3G-enabled, contrasting with only just over 1% in the US, but over 30% in Japan.•The US leads in the absolute number of Wi-Fi hotspots, followed by the UK and Ireland, and then France.•DSL is becoming the most prevalent broadband connection If you're interested, the entire report is available here in pdf format.
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  MaxoYour tax dollars at work.Premium,VIP
join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL | We're #1! We probably have the most access points because of our size. China is, of course, larger than us but is also in much more poverty. Countries like Japan, Germany, and France would have no need for the amount of access points we have.
It's my understanding that Japan has almost universal coverage with much better technology. | |
|  |  major marcoRes Firma Mitescere NescitPremium
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Stepford, CA | Re: We're #1! said by Maxo:We probably have the most access points because of our size. China is, of course, larger than us but is also in much more poverty. Countries like Japan, Germany, and France would have no need for the amount of access points we have. It's my understanding that Japan has almost universal coverage with much better technology. This #1 status is worthless without better technology & speed. Both China and Japan are a generation ahead of the U.S. in broadband thanks to telcos who keep pushing copper as state of the art tech.
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Philly burbs
kudos:1 | Re: We're #1! Fight nice, children... | |
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Miami, FL
1 edit | Re: We're #1! Yeah, 1Gbps pipes to the home in New Zealand yet 4Mbps/512kbps in speeds and any peering point outside the country and we are talking snail pace and super high pings at that of 700ms.
My sources?
People of New Zealand and real world tests. | |
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Niagara Falls, ON | Re: We're #1! said by Michieru2:Yeah, 1Gbps pipes to the home in New Zealand yet 4Mbps/512kbps in speeds and any peering point outside the country and we are talking snail pace and super high pings at that of 700ms. My sources? People of New Zealand and real world tests. Same goes for anywhere that offers blazing max speeds to the home/office - good luck getting that once you pass beyond the ISP, if not the local router. Hey ma, I've got a 1Gbit/s connection too! (oh, but don't tell anyone that it drops to 10Mbit/s once you hit my local router)
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Miami, FL | Re: We're #1! Another example is in Argentina.
»fibertel.com.ar/Section.aspx?Id=3181
fibertel is basically one of the biggest providers of broadband in the country. Kind of like Bellsouth for SE of the country just to give one example.
The prices they are charging are U.S dollars when you consider that the peso is way less. 1 U.S Dollar = 3.06 Pesos last time I checked.
It's not even true fiber because the last mile is basically coaxial cabling to a Motorola cable modem. So for someone to even own broadband over there it's considered a luxury. | |
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 calvoiper
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Belvedere Tiburon, CA
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| China policies China will likely never lead the US in WiFi connections as long as their totalitarian culture rejects the freedom that open interconnection brings with it.
WiFi is a threat to Chinese control, and the tight restrictions they put on it will lessen its utility. We've already seen the restrictions China puts on Internet Cafes--can you imagine how apoplectic some Chinese bureaucrat would get at the notion that any computer could hook up to a broadband connection and you wouldn't know who was using it?
calvoiper
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