U.S. is 15 years behind South Korea in Internet speed

[ensho]

http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2009/08/24/daily30.html?ana=from_rss


A report on Internet speed in the United States says the country isn’t likely to catch world leader South Korea for 15 years.

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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.

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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.
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we are not the greatest country on earth.

we just have the biggest military.

and many other countries are way ahead of us on health care.

the neo cons want to keep us that way.

[Auggie]

1. And why it should be of concern...

(I posted this yesterday on a similar thread):

Could this give corporate America the excuse it needs to override net neutrality, by lobbying Congress to allow them to solve the problem through increased rates and tiered service? Sort of like in a "Disaster Capitalist" scenario?

Congress is controlled enough to allow it happen. One can only imagine the lies and doomsday propaganda corporations would spiel in order to get their way.

[msongs]

2. exactly. corporate stranglehold supported by DC prostitute politicians nt