On Aug 29, 2009, at 3:41 PM, Lawrence Sica wrote:
On Aug 29, 2009, at 12:40 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4037659
A report on Internet speed in the United States says the country
isn’t likely to catch world leader South Korea for 15 years.
Or for much longer — at current growth rates, the United States
will only reach South Korea’s speed today in 15 years.
The report, by the Communications Workers of America, details
Internet download and upload speeds all over the United States and
some of its affiliated territories. In the last year, the average
upload speed in the United States “barely changed,” the report
said, and download speed only grew a little, from 4.2 megabits per
second in 2008 to 5.1 megabits per second in 2009.
In South Korea, average download speed is four times faster — 20.4
megabits per second. The United States also lags Japan (15.8 mbps),
Sweden (12.8 mbps), the Netherlands (11 mbps) and 24 other countries.
The report said U.S. speeds aren’t sufficient for the needs of in-
home medical monitoring, distance learning programs, or to run a
modern business from home.
Meh. There is a lot more ground to lay fiber for in the US which
has slowed things down.
indeed, but that's not the only reason
Actually most of the long haul stuff is already fast as hell it's
the last mile so to speak where the lag is. Why hasn't it increased
as quickly? Lack of demand. What we have today serves the vast
majority very well and phone service itself is much more reliable
and cheaper than most peoples internet connectivity. How can you
expect the consumer to want to change when they don't see a need to
do so? Comparing the US to countries smaller than some states for
this stuff is a little misleading.
I ran a test from here using the following (FWIW):
http://www.speedtest.net/
31 Mb/sec down
k
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