On Apr 6, 2009, at 6:12 PM, Milo Velimirović wrote:
http://speedmatters.org/
interesting:
http://www.speedmatters.org/blog/us-falls-to-17th-in-broadband-rankings.html
U.S. falls to 17th in U.N. broadband rankings
Posted by Speed Matters team | April 6, 2009 |
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In a report that ranked 154 countries on their advanced use of
information and communications technology, the United States fell from
11th to 17th between 2002 and 2007.
The report - entitled Measuring the Information Society - the ICT
Development Index - was commissioned by the United Nations and based
upon several factors, including:
"The number of citizens per 100 who have fixed line and mobile
cellular phones and accessed Internet, broadband Internet and mobile
broadband services. It also considered the amount of bandwidth
available per Internet user, the proportion of households with
computers and Internet access and the literacy and education levels of
a country's population."
Sweden was ranked number one by the U.N. report. South Korea, Denmark,
the Netherlands and Iceland rounded out the top five.
The report said that more than anything the United States dropped in
rankings because of its relative stagnant position in many categories
while many European countries improved dramatically.
Links
Canada drops in UN communications technology ranking (CBC News)
Measuring the Information Society - the ICT Development Index (United
Nations)
On Apr 6, 2009, at 4:20 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote:
On Apr 6, 2009, at 2:18 PM, Jared ''Danger'' Earle wrote:
On 6 Apr 2009, at 21:52, Kevin Callahan wrote:
The industry is worried that by offering 100 Mbps, they are
opening Pandora’s box, he said. Everyone will be able to get
video on the Internet, and then competition will bring the price
for the broadband down from $80 to $60 to $40."
By "World's Fastest" I presume they use the term "World" as in
"World Series" because outside the US, 100Mbps services already
exist and have done for years. Japan had it for $36/month in 2006,
for instance, and Korea was practically born with it.
Yeah, we're way behind here
... and you wonder why we think Americans are arrogant. :)
I don't wonder at all!
K
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