[LINK] America's Internet Disconnect

[Pilcher, Fred]

George forwarded:

> America's record in expanding broadband communication is so poor that
> it should be viewed as an outrage by every consumer and businessperson
> in the country. Too few of us have broadband connections, and those
> who do pay too much for service that is too slow. It's hurting our
> economy, and things are only going to get worse if we don't do
> something about it.
> 
> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/
07/AR2006110701230_pf.html>

When I was over there for a couple of months a year and a half ago, I was astounded by the quality of their service. Friends' dialup services were as fast as my 1.5Mb/s "broadband", and their broadband was simply staggering. They were paying per year about what I pay per month, and they had no download limits. 

That article says more about our service than it does about theirs.

Fred 
  
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