Mike Hammett wrote:
3 mbit is not fast. The US IS behind other countries, there's no
point in whining about it. Yes, there are very substantial reasons
why our numbers don't look as good as theirs, but there's no need to
skew the system to make us look better... just solve the problem.
Fixed wireless is broadband. WIFI hotspots, cell phones, etc. are not
broadband (maybe the cell broadband cards). The reason our numbers
are climbing is because this has been a problem for some time and
we're working on fixing it. It takes a lot to change things like that
for the third most populous country in the world.
Perhaps it should be measured per household and not per capita, I dunno.
The reason why there's less competition elsewhere is because what is
present is doing a good enough job! Their telcos have delivered 15
meg DSL for years, while ours don't yet offer it. That's why cable is
taking on so well here. It surely isn't because anything connected to
Comcast has a good price point (DSL and satellite TV are both better
values).
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com
If they change the definition to 1MB, EVDO won't count and neither will
IDSL and DSL Lite. The numbers of BB users in the stats will drop - the
telcos will look like they have very few BB subs since about 10-20% buy
Lite (depending who you believe). So the FCC will never voluntarily
change the definition.
BTW, in countries with deep BB penetration, the regulators are TOUGH -
as in the FCC Chairman does not have Ivan and Ed's hands up his butt so
he can talk like Charlie McCarthy.
But ALL of that is beside the point. End of the day, YOU guys have to
find, acquire and retain profitable customers. No matter what the
regulatory or competitive environment looks like.
- Peter @ RAD-INFO, Inc.
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