arstechnica.com— The US continues to fall on global broadband rankings, even as countries that are more rural and less wealthy surge ahead. Here's how they do it (hint: it does not involve wholesale deregulation).
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we dont have faster connections because our infrastructure is old. all these other countries have much much newer equipment installed than we do, in order for us to speed things up we have to renovate our entire infrastructure to update, this would cost much more money than the telcos are willing to spend.
"You don't know anything about me, so don't make a generalization. I am against socialism as well. I don't see any problem with aiding people in need though."You can't be against socialism, and for forcing people to help those in need. They're one in the same.
I agree with you: subsidies don't solve anything. However, we have learned that allowing these telcos to act without regulation has resulted in more monopolies, less competition and higher prices. I'm not saying regulate them to death, but the free-market has not worked in this case.
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Closed AccountMay 12, 2008
we dont have faster connections because our infrastructure is old. all these other countries have much much newer equipment installed than we do, in order for us to speed things up we have to renovate our entire infrastructure to update, this would cost much more money than the telcos are willing to spend.
voodoochild461May 12, 2008
"broadband is considered a key piece of infrastructure that can't simply be deployed only where it is profitable."Tell that to comcast
kmartsheriffMay 13, 2008
I'd bet it died a long, long time ago.
whiteravenMay 13, 2008
Ummm... a business based on wide-spread theft? Yes.... enough said.
mweatherMay 13, 2008
"You don't know anything about me, so don't make a generalization. I am against socialism as well. I don't see any problem with aiding people in need though."You can't be against socialism, and for forcing people to help those in need. They're one in the same.
funkylokiMay 14, 2008
I agree with you: subsidies don't solve anything. However, we have learned that allowing these telcos to act without regulation has resulted in more monopolies, less competition and higher prices. I'm not saying regulate them to death, but the free-market has not worked in this case.
mrogiMay 17, 2008
Holy s**t. This is unacceptable. The United States should be #1 in all technology.
cowsgonemadd3May 17, 2008
No No I meant a FASTER than 1mb connection would speed up downloads...Sure 1mbps is faster at downloading than dial up.
bleyisDec 24, 2008
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