[LINK] The PLAN, and broadband speeds?

[Marghanita da Cruz]

steve jenkin wrote:
> Karl Auer wrote on 23/6/07 3:10 PM:
>> You forgot the third option: Run fibre to that little hamlet. At
>> taxpayer expense. And to all the other little hamlets. The cost will be
>> way less in real terms than the cost of power, telephone or the road to
>> those little hamlets was.
>>   
> Canada is as large and has an environment as hostile as Australia.

Just catching up on my weekend's mail.

Karl/Stewart - Copper was laid before we had wireless and before both
cables and wireless communication became digital. Given how little I use
my home phone, I think I am probably paying $2 per incoming and outgoing
call!

Linkers may be interested in what the 5.8MB PDF report actually says:

Richard Chirgwin wrote offlink:
> So here's the link to the report:
> 
> http://www.marketclarity.com.au/freebies/OECD-BB-Wars-23-May-2007.pdf 

"It must be emphasised that OECD analysis only includes subscriptions to
broadband not access via lans, workplaces, semipublic wireless networks..."

June 2006 broadband penetration ranking

Ranking, Country, %population subscribed to 256Kbps+ (Table 1)
1 Denmark  29.20%
2 Netherlands  28.84%
9 Canada 22.42%
12 US 19.22%
14 Luxemburg !!!!!!! 17.94%
17 Australia 17.41%
18 Germany 15.09%
(Table 10) House hold penetration
3. Luxemburg 79.2%
6. Canada 58.5%
9. Denmark 56.3%
16. Australia 45.0%
Source: Market Clarity www.marketclarity.com.au

Note, China, Russia, India and Indonesia are not in OECD.

Some Population/Area Info ranked by area(Source : Google Search Results)
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Luxembourg      465,000 (UN, 2005)/2586 sq km (999 sq miles);
Netherlands  16,570,613 (July 2007 est.)/   41,863 sq
Denmark       5,468,120 (July 2007 est.)/   43,094 sq km land
Indonesia   234,693,997 (July 2007 est.)/1,919,440 SQ KM
India     1,129,866,154 (July 2007 est.)/2,973,190 square kilometers.
Australia    20,434,176 (July 2007 est.)/7,686,850 SQ KM
China     1,321,851,888 (July 2007 est.)/9,596,960 SQ KM
Canada       33,390,141 (July 2007 est.)/9,984,670 SQ KM
Russia      141,377,752 (July 2007 est.)/17,075,200 SQ KM

A couple of personal comments, I travelled to China in 1993/4  - the
demand for telecommunications and take up was so great, there isn't time
to lay cable.

On a visit to the UK, can't remember which year, an expat commented that
they were surprised at the slow take up of Internet/Email/IT in the UK
workplaces.

Marghanita
PS Stil, I have just upgraded to ICE Dove and am investigating the
time/date problems with my email.
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