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- akirashimablue, on 02/01/2008, -10/+63With a look at the top tier candidates for president, I know that Barack has a pretty comprehensive plan aimed at solving these issues, and creating honest working jobs along the way. Sound off if you know any other candidates have a plan beyond market control.
- MakiNavaja, on 02/02/2008, -0/+42The gap with other countries is advanced... and growing. I live in RURAL Japan and I've got fiber optic to the home (100 Mb/s). This was one of the LAST places in the country to get it, and I've had it for two years now. But that's not the half of it. Tokyo is starting to see 1 Gb/s now!
I have seen a lot of excuses/theories as to why BB adoption rate in the US is so low, and how you don't really "need" really high speeds - it's all a load of *****. If you build it, the websites/businesses will take advantage of the technology. They're doing it here, in Korea, in N. Europe.
The U.S., with its popular sites, is starting to drag the rest of the world down. People in these countries have started looking elsewhere for content and instead of leading the Internet revolution like it did ten or 15 years ago, the U.S. is quickly losing its relevance. It is on the technological fringe. - victorycig, on 02/01/2008, -8/+40I immediately thought about Obama's tech plan when I read this article. He seems to understand the importance of an open and robust Internet to a democratic society. While I'm not a single-issue voter, this one is very important to me, and Obama's plan is the best I've seen:
http://www.barackobama.com/2007/11/14/obama_shares ... - iamsamsamiam, on 02/01/2008, -1/+30Are they just going to make the tubes wider?
- MattnJax, on 02/01/2008, -2/+30I can understand parts of Alaska not having high-speed broadband access, but a lot of Maine doesn't have it either. Kinda strange.
- inactive, on 02/01/2008, -0/+25FIOS FOR ALL!!!
- pk386, on 02/01/2008, -1/+26I live near Jackson Ms and it says I have 7 choices...
1) Comcast
2) AT&T
3) satellite
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where did the other 2-5 go? - S2000, on 02/01/2008, -1/+25Looks as if our strategy is working about as well as our economic strategy, intelligence strategy, foreign policy......Mission Accomplished!
- ZaZ2137, on 02/02/2008, -0/+19Comcast isn't a choice.
- inactive, on 02/02/2008, -1/+19Question i have is what do they consider broad band or high speed? I don't consider anything less than 1mbps broad band, considering some of the other countries doing high speed have 10-20mbps or more connections. On a side note where I live I know people paying $50 + a month for 256K high speed, because its that or dial up.
- MacintoshSauce, on 02/01/2008, -2/+19I would not call 7 Mbps download/768 Kbps upload speed a "broadband strategy." Their strategy is to milk us dry of our money for bloody pathetic download/upload speeds while the rest of the world is becoming much faster.
- jjb123, on 02/02/2008, -2/+18In my area the only broadband option is Comcast, monopolies are a problem.
- molecool, on 02/02/2008, -0/+16Excellent comment Maki - the status quo is extremely short sighted when arguing that 4Mb/sec is more than enough at this point. This is exactly why multimedia delivery has not advanced considerably since 1994 when I first started using the Internet. Yes, we've got better codecs (i.e. better compression) and more broadband connections available to more people, but let's not forget that the FCC considers anything above 200kb/sec as 'broadband'. This is a complete joke obviously, but as usual, instead of changing the state of the art, the administration resorts to changing the definition of success. Let's face it - since Bush took over in 2000 the U.S. has been slipping in every single economic and social category. Broadband stagnation is just one piece of a bigger puzzle. I can't wait until this monkey leaves office so that we all can try to get our country back. It'll take a lot of work and sacrifice but it's possible - the recent surge of pertinent articles posted on Digg (political, economic, election, etc.) gives me a glimmer of hope.
- inactive, on 02/01/2008, -4/+20Believe the opposite of everything this administration says and you will know the truth.
- seinman, on 02/02/2008, -0/+15Probably Sprint, Verizon, AT&T Wireless, T-Mobile... since in the US "broadband" is considered 200kbps and faster, most cellular data packages meet the criteria.
- inactive, on 02/01/2008, -0/+14and the picture too, it highlights my area for 7+ providers but we have like 2 broadband and the rest are dial up.
- diggduggDOOM, on 02/02/2008, -0/+14The strategy is to offer substandard broadband at incredibly high rates when compared with any other First World country. Strategy Accomplished!
- jjb123, on 02/02/2008, -0/+10I live near Flint Michigan and it says I have 7.
1) Comcast
WTF? - chamady, on 02/01/2008, -3/+13I have two problems with this comment:
1. I have a friend who has been begging Time Warner for access for nearly 3 years. His neighbor (who's home is less than 300 ft away) has Time Warner cable. They refuse to give him service unless he pays thousands of dollars to run cable around the block to his home.
2. According to this, we've already paid for fiber to our homes. See:
http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction ...
The USA should be LEADING the world in broadband access, not following. - mwolfzorn, on 02/01/2008, -1/+11Canada steals their internet...
- toomanymirrors, on 02/01/2008, -2/+12The yes men and political hacks have throughly infiltrated every nook and cranny of this government. Even appointed
- ozid, on 02/02/2008, -0/+9Yes and no. Obviously its much faster and easier to upgrade networks there, but at the same time, we are hardly seeing any advancement at all, and paying a premium price. As Maki said, they are approaching 1Gbps. Time Warner likes to serve me a blazing fast speed of 1.5Mbps at times. (Although I've broken 5 on occasion, it's still horrendous).
We don't need to be bleeding edge here, we just need to stay competitive. If everyone who is getting less than 1Mbps now got 20 and the others could pick and choose higher rates, I'm sure everyone would be much happier.
Nobody has the opportunity to start a new company to relieve us of these miserable speeds until a new technology comes out and someone who isn't Time Warner, DirecTV, Verizon or Comcast jumps on it. Or some type of improvement to Fiber, like producing cheaper or better parts. Theres no niche, is what I'm saying. - soomprimal, on 02/02/2008, -0/+9Half of Maine is unincorporated wilderness.
- TiMMY8765, on 02/02/2008, -0/+9its worse than it looks in that chart, those survey results use the "384k = broadband" definition
- say592, on 02/02/2008, -1/+9Keeping track in Zip Code isnt really a good idea.
For instance, three of my friends all live within three miles of each other, and have the same zip code. One however, has no Broadband Access. His entire street only has 12 people on it (county road that is almost 5 miles long) and there is not one service provider willing to that much cable for ONE customer (everyone else is old).
Now, that entire area is still marked as having 7+. The only one he really has is Satellite, which face it, is WAY to expensive.
Also, I am marked for having 7+. I only know of Verizon DSL, Satellite, or Comcast. Although, Verizon said we will be able to get FiOS by 3rd quarter '08.
That map is very flawed. - green67, on 02/02/2008, -3/+11I think GWB meant to say "Stragedy".....and he should know....because he is the "Decider"....
- lorddon, on 02/01/2008, -6/+14Wrong, the government should encourage the growth of universal broadband. It puts us at a competitive advantage to other countries who are far ahead of us already, and the more citizens with access to the vast amounts of information on the web the greater the potential for smarter citizens.
- Richandler, on 02/02/2008, -1/+9Why do we have a one size fits all approach? The nation cannot have a broadband strategy. Maybe individual states should, but the federal government has caused most of monopolized crap the internet companies have created thus far.
- grapeguy, on 02/02/2008, -0/+8That map is *****. I live 30 miles from Columbus, Ohio and we have 1 broadband option (AT&T DSL). Across the street and miles south there are no options.
Burning a CD at work and driving it home must be considered "broadband" now. - rald84, on 02/02/2008, -1/+8you'd think ted stevens would put some pork into the budget to build some tubes to nowhere ...
- magneticsigns, on 02/02/2008, -0/+7What a farce - according to the chart, I have seven choices - i only have six D I A L U P - thats right - not a single high speed option - the only high speed in our county is in the downtown area - the rest of the County is screwed and no plans soon! It goes with the old adage - figures don't lie - liars figure!
Mark,
Cheboygan, MI - scooterbaga, on 02/01/2008, -1/+7mmm... chicken fiber.
- inactive, on 02/02/2008, -1/+7I have come to a conclusion. Right wing people are morons. As I watch the U.S. slide into stupidity, the Right is leading the way.
- thedude42, on 02/02/2008, -2/+8The map is a complete joke. Unless they are counting cellular and satellite providers as "broadband, rather than "broadband-like" I know for a fact there are a bunch of larger area zip codes on this map in which are 95% not covered by residential broadband, with maybe a small corner of the zip code having any broadband option at all.
Or, maybe having fiber running through the area with the option to get a single drop for about $10k and $1k a month for 5GBps of bandwidth is considered "broadband availability". - skew009, on 02/02/2008, -2/+7Yep, and we have monopolies because the government shelters the big companies from any legal or market force action. Example: retroactive immunity for spying.
- inactive, on 02/02/2008, -0/+5Its a new book by steven king, the monster steals your broadband, it lives in the woods of maine
- VitriolAndAngst, on 02/02/2008, -0/+5>> The Bush administration: Their only successful credit is for something they didn't touch.
>> Determined to be the biggest punch line in history.
I'd have to say, that, by lowering the bar so much, Broadband is only a success in that it didn't get a lot more expensive, or slower. - TypeEE, on 02/02/2008, -0/+5This could work out well if there is a free market, but when it comes down to only phone company's copper wires and cable wires as the only options, there is really no competition. Until there is a viable 3rd option, the two company can happily stay at 1.5mbps and 6mbps for another 10 years and people can't do a thing
- crash331, on 02/02/2008, -1/+6The chart is also flat out wrong. There are 2 providers in my area: Bellsouth and Comcast. The chart shows 7+.
- HypocriteDigg, on 02/02/2008, -0/+5Well the map is INNACURATE for where I live. What about you?
- middy, on 02/02/2008, -0/+5For what it's worth, the chunk of Maine that doesn't have broadband is largely owned by paper companies (Plum Creek? SAPPI? It changes so often...) and almost nobody lives there.
- diggduggDOOM, on 02/02/2008, -9/+14"Once you let government regulate one thing it never ends, I'd rather government stay out of it."
Seriously. Bring back child labor, unsafe work conditions, and the 80 hour work week. - thedingman, on 02/02/2008, -0/+5That map is horribly inaccurate, I live near Madison, WI, and even in the city there are only two or three providers of broadband. Getting out of the city there is ZERO availability. Some of those areas are not even able to get a dial-up connection of over 26kbps. I lived in that situation for over two years, not even three years ago.
- inactive, on 02/02/2008, -1/+5Its inaccurate and even if the policy is true, its too little too late. Bush's approval rating is no more than 30%. I don't know for what purpose he's attempting to gain from this policy. He should just take another long vacation.
- delgotit99, on 02/02/2008, -0/+4Aww come on don't rain on their parade. Even when he is out of office they will still blame him. And hopefully wake up one day and do something instead of blaming someone, but more than likely not.
- jozb, on 02/02/2008, -0/+43G, Edge... Evdo all these from the cell phone providers could be considered broadband like seinman said
- rogerbly, on 02/02/2008, -0/+4There are some things that help the US GDP and world competitiveness that free markets will never provide.
Network infrastructure, like roads, is strategic to the growth and success of the US economy and clearly the right thing for government to take an active role in. Free markets are failing to rollout broadband fast enough because it's not profitable for them. Yet we know that it is critical to include rural and poor citizens in the network age. - diggrim, on 02/02/2008, -0/+4Even though they explicitly say on their user agreement that you will not use it as a primary ISP...posted from my 3G phone ;)
- guestworker, on 02/02/2008, -1/+5You haven't been to Maine, have you?
- lefolly, on 02/02/2008, -0/+4I have this same situation in Western Washington, Its Comcast or dial-up where I live. I don't know who the others are supposed to be that are providing me with an alternative.
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