[LINK] America's Internet Disconnect

[Ivan Trundle]

Couldn't agree more, Fred.

Take out the word 'America' and replace with 'Australia'. Now it  
makes sense. Our fraudband looks silly in comparison.

iT

On 10/11/2006, at 10:43 AM, Pilcher, Fred wrote:

> 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