A new report from a DC telecom law firm claims, as many other recent reports have, that the US is falling behind when it comes to broadband deployment, and it says that aggressive action is needed to keep the country competitive. What's different about the new report is just how aggressive its recommendations are: 100Mbps of "affordable" broadband available to all Americans by 2012, with 1Gbps service coming online by 2015.
The Baller Herbst Law Group prepared the new report for e-NC, the government-backed entity in North Carolina charged with spurring both broadband rollouts and higher adoption rates. E-NC's chair Jane Smith Patterson was in DC this morning to address a House subcommittee hearing on Universal Service Fund reform, and she made a strong case for more government support for broadband.
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Good read. I hope the US has that high speeds in a few years. But truth be told I won't hold my breath. The US are having a serious rough patch and we can't seem to get our sh!t together for anything. But whatever.
This article made me laugh!
Most people in the UK are lucky to get a 2mb connection depending on where they live - that's how bad British Telecomms are!! Nothing about them getting off their arses and doing something about it either. Apparently it's too costly! lol
Man it sucks to be british when it comes to things like this!
Complete agree with you spaulding the net in the UK is severely behind what is on the continent and even the US.
Never gonna happen unless the government steps up to the plate and puts some money into improving infrastructure. Providers have proven time and again that they'll never do it themselves if they can avoid it.
Man... internet in Australia is really really falling behind the times.