U.S. has slowest “high speed” internet?

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U.S. has slowest “high speed” internet?

April 8th, 2008 Posted in Goin' to Town

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Watch this 8 minute video featuring Walt Mossberg as he discusses before a panel in Finland the necessary steps for the digital revolution to take the next step in the United States. He points out that the U.S. has the slowest high-speed internet around, and that provider companies of DSL, cable internet, etc. purposely “throttle” speeds (bandwidth) so that they can charge more.

One startling statement he makes is that what we consider high-speed internet in this country is laughed upon in other developed countries. He calls upon the next President to weigh in on creating some bandwidth policies and access readily available. He says that we should consider it just as strategic as we did the interstate highway infrastructure.

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One Response to “U.S. has slowest “high speed” internet?”

K.T. Says:

April 11th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
I had heard this before-I cant imagine,I think faster is beyond my comprehension,I had heard that that would be a draw for our LOCAL economy if we offered FREE internet service,but faster,that would be great!!!

Jeff's Lifestream

On September 7, 2008

On September 6, 2008

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On September 5, 2008

journeyguy tweeted, "Power and satellite on. Phone service down. We're thankful! One step at a time." (and 1 more...)
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