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- Amnesia10, on 03/29/2008, -0/+18The problem for the US is while Comcast and others are strangling the usage of broadband in the US, countries like Korea and Japan have 100 Mbit as the norm. Even Sweden is getting much higher speeds. In the UK we are getting up to 50 Mbits in some areas though many are still on dial up levels of speed. The US is falling behind internationally, and in the long term that is not good for business.
- justinmt7, on 03/29/2008, -0/+13I live in Japan and play Team Fortress 2 against people on a server in the Midwest US sometimes. Most of the time I have a lower ping than people 2 states over from the server. I know it sounds crazy, but it's true. The US needs more bandwidth! And yes I can personally attest that the internet in Aus and NZ needs some more speed!!!
- palehorse864, on 03/29/2008, -1/+12Gentlemen we can not allow a broadband gap!
- iiiears, on 03/29/2008, -2/+10 A few weeks ago someone here mentioned an agreement with the government by ISPs to deliver FIOS the last mile to users homes in exchange for relief from a more stringent set of regulations congress was considering. Didn't they at the same time get a large tax incentive for upgrading their lines at the very same time? What ever happened to that?
- EarlOfLade, on 03/29/2008, -0/+7Norway, a country with 4.5 million people and which land stretches from Miami to Boston, have better broadband than US does with 150 million living in the same geographical stretch.
- jim78, on 03/29/2008, -2/+7i'm in Australia and at least the USA dosnt have download limits like they do here.
heck our main telco charge $119AUD a month for 3g wireless service with a 3gigabyte limit uploads counted to! talk about a ripoff!
america is lucky when it comes to broadband. - cygnus2112, on 03/29/2008, -0/+5Each country has it's intricacies when it comes to broadband (and cell service). America's ISP's have oversold their bandwidth. Sure, you may get broadband but it's likely throttled or shared to a ridiculous point. We can only hope that greater wisdom will finally endure to invest money into more large pipelines rather than proprietary networks through draconic media conglomerates.
The consumer, right now, is on the losing end of the stick. - peterinjapan, on 03/29/2008, -0/+5I live in Japan, about 100 km from Tokyo, i.e. a pretty rural place. In the early days of the internet I had to get an ISP that allowed shell accounts so I could call Tokyo once a day to batch send my emails and (back then) news posts. Then I got a lame rented line for $800 a month, then finally DSL, and after being so patient, I have 100 mbps for something ridiculosly cheap like $40 a month. I'd really like to see a revolution in the U.S. since it's not a trend that's going to stop. I have a company in the U.S. too, and they pay much more for much less in terms of Internet speed.
- EarlOfLade, on 03/29/2008, -0/+550+ in cities? HAHAHAHA *****!
I live in a pretty big city here int he US and I get 5Mbs, barely! And I have no hope of any change in that over the next 5 years at least. US narrowband adoption is lackluster at best, broadand is virtually unknown
Let me know when I can get 100Nbs for $20-$30/month and unlimited up and down loads (real unlimited not limited unlimited) - justinmt7, on 03/29/2008, -0/+4I would imagine a man like Rudd, who had a facebook/myspace profile while he was running for election, would be eager to help build up the internet infrastructure in Australia. Go figure....I guess he's too busy speaking Chinese and bailing animal rights activist-sailors out of trouble.
- devophl, on 03/29/2008, -0/+4Three to five Mbit/sec seems to be the max in the US. In all the stories and comments I've read, that seems to be the ceiling. At least you can find faster outside the US. The problem in the US is that Internet connectivity is considered a luxury item by the leadership of this country. Broadband is not considered a requirement for the future competitiveness of this country. So connectivity to the Internet has been left to a couple of monopolistic telecoms who can charge pretty much what they want to charge and limit bandwidth to something that will prevent open access to streaming movies and other items that require hi bandwidth. Personally, I think the telecoms are waiting for the repeal of net neutrality before it offers anything more than 5 Mbit/sec. Lets face it, there is little or no competition for broadband connectivity and unless the US government steps in we'll see the same bandwidth limits and even higher costs in the future. All this while telecom profits soar.
- Shadowgamers, on 03/29/2008, -0/+3if we fibre up the entire country, we should regain our ranking with the addition bonus of only having to upgrade the switches between the wires for faster transfers
- lamiaconfitor, on 03/29/2008, -0/+3we just have really sloooooooow uploads on our broadband carriers.
- 955701, on 03/29/2008, -1/+4So elaborate please? What is your experiences with residential broadband in other countries? It sounds as though your experience doesn't apply - airport, hotel room, offices. Do you have a home outside the US in these countries?
- Shadowgamers, on 03/29/2008, -0/+350+ in cities, in other places where there isn't as much broadband penetration, we're getting max of 3. Hell, I'm paying for the "posibility" of having 8mbps still and my bandwidth has only risen by .2 mbps over the past year...
- Dr0x, on 03/29/2008, -1/+4That all depends on where you are outside the U.S. mom works for a company based in Amsterdam and just recently had to go out there for training. when she came back the first thing she mentioned is how easy it was to get onto a public wireless network (not one being jacked off someone living 2 apartments over). On more of a side note the other thing she mentioned is how good the benefits are for workers over there. I know there are many companies in the U.S. who take good care of their employees but not to the same extent as some of the countries out in the Netherlands area.
- secleinteer, on 03/29/2008, -0/+2I think the point here is that America wants to be the best at everything, but they have failed in this and many other aspects. And now they're scrambling to regain their spot at the top of the "broadband" list. And yes, I'm from the US and A.
- Kwipper, on 03/29/2008, -1/+3...Let me remind all citizens of the dangers of Magical Thinking. We have scarcely begun to climb from the dark pit of our species' evolution....
Oh wait. Wrong topic entirely! XD - Shadowgamers, on 03/29/2008, -0/+2I was talking about UK cities
- EarlOfLade, on 03/29/2008, -0/+2Which is why USA has no Universal health Care, higher education costing a fortune, public transportation on par with Sierra Leone and a lackluster internet implementation.
And all this are resulting in, as can be seen on any statistic, USA falling further and further behind the rest of the first world with larger and larger social gaps, increasing number of people in poverty, but they spend more than the rest of the world combined on the military. Go figure! - acidandspatter, on 03/29/2008, -0/+2Likewise. Hopefully the BBC will begin to really push their campaigns to force ISPs to upgrade the UK's network. There's loads of talk about it here http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/
- Azriel7, on 03/29/2008, -0/+2If they take out Net Neutrality, then fios will be useless since it will defeat the purpose. What? want to use torrent,skype,youtube? sorry, those are competitors so we are slowing their connections to a crawl, but you can check out our similar products for a price.
- bungoman, on 03/29/2008, -0/+1What's so wrong with that? lololololol
- inactive, on 03/29/2008, -0/+1Yeah Australia gets awesome mobile coveradge but ***** broadband, I am with optus cable, getting 15gb per month, uploads counted for 59.95!
There are deals that offer around the 60gb up to the ultra rare 150gb deals for $80+ but often are filled with catches, fair use policies and fees. Dodo is the worst.... somthing like $1.40 per mb exess last time i checked. America, apreciate your connection. - cquinnd, on 03/29/2008, -0/+1I was thinking exactly the same thing. If only the Combine had offered free broadband...
- inactive, on 03/29/2008, -0/+1Bahahahahqahahaha 10GB limit. I live in India and i have a ***** 256Kbps connection but its still unlimited downloads and allows me to pull close to 40GB a Month.
- lamiaconfitor, on 03/29/2008, -1/+2the cost of FIOS is net neutrality.
- inactive, on 03/29/2008, -2/+3Well for starters because we dont live in a small town outside the USA.
have a nice day Sparky - GMorgan, on 03/29/2008, -0/+1Here in the UK it's complicated. For £10 a month I get 4GB peak time but practically whatever I can use off peak which is when I want the most bandwidth in any case (I download about 75GB a month off peak). After reaching 4GB peak time I get a reduced speed at peak time. Usually it's only browsing in that period so isn't an issue.
My ISP hates me but they signed the contract. - inactive, on 03/29/2008, -0/+1dude, your info is wrong, go with unwired. you can get about 10gb for 60 bucks now.
- jim78, on 03/29/2008, -0/+1i am reffering to what telstra bigpond charges, a lot of people can only get 3g coverage from telstra.
- bungoman, on 03/29/2008, -1/+13 GB a month? Holy *****, I consider a day where I only download 3 GB a slow day.
- inactive, on 03/29/2008, -1/+1Let us also mention though that even though nations like Japan have faster internet, they do not pirate on a mass scale like America or Europe. It is a different culture over there and it is a bigger taboo to bootleg stuff because they actually respect copyright in Japan.
I'm all for US pushing to catch up with the rest of the world in broadband speed but for business or entertainment reasons, but you'd be surprised that those who bitch the most about our "slow" ISP's are people who just want to get faster speeds on their torrents. - MrPeach, on 03/31/2008, -0/+0Japanese don't pirate? What a fantasy world you live in!!!
- tetsuwan, on 03/29/2008, -5/+4I live in a small town outside of the US. My first and current option is fiber/LAN at 100Mb/s. My second option is cable at 24 Mb/s, and my third option is ADSL at 8 Mb/s (neither requires additional installation, only subscription & modem). I can also freeride on my neighbor's wireless. How are you guys ahead again?
- Dr0x, on 03/29/2008, -2/+1I completely agree that our broadband speed in the U.S. is no match for countries like Korea, Sweden, Finland, and all those other countries in the Netherlands region. However, part of that is due to the sheer size of the United States. Many companies do not want to fork over the cash to upgrade lines or start placing fiber-optic lines. I know it wasn't until two years ago much of my town was not even able to get broadband because the cable/phone companies were not willing to fork over the cash to place down the new lines. Finally our town had to step in and basically force the companies to bring broadband access to everyone in out town.
Its not like I lived in a small town either, I'm talking about a suburb of Chicago only 45min from the city. Its just that the competition amongst providers screws over people who want broadband many times because they don't live in a area where the provider feels they would make a profit by providing broadband. In the end the broadband providers end up getting less service to people just because they want to save some extra cash. - clair5525, on 03/29/2008, -4/+3Working outside of the USA on business all the time I can tell you the grass is not greener on the other side.
- tyskis, on 03/29/2008, -3/+1Which of the countries Korea, Sweden and Finland are in the Netherlands region, if I may ask?
- Shadowgamers, on 03/29/2008, -6/+0GENTLEMEN!
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