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In North America it's a big deal. Smaller, denser areas [Japanese cities] make it easier to afford rolling out networks. Younger infrastructures [the Nordic cou
by patrickyeon 15y ago
In North America it's a big deal. Smaller, denser areas [Japanese cities] make it easier to afford rolling out networks. Younger infrastructures [the Nordic countries with 100Mbit to each home, IIRC] took the opportunity to roll out a more advanced infrastructure when they could. Here in NA, the incumbents are perfectly happy charging us for slower speeds over cable or ancient twisted pairs, with no need to invest in new infrastructure.
- yellowbkpk 15y agoYou can't use the population density argument when places like New York and Chicago have the same options as rural Iowa.
- muhfuhkuh 15y agoYou'll find that US broadband/technology/cell-network/healthcare/alt-energy apologists trot out every excuse and make pretzel-twisting arguments for other first world countries having arguably superior things than we do. Some of the arguments are valid (we're a really geographically big country), but some are specious. My favorite is "because such-and-such place has a monoculture while we are a melting pot". Huh? How in God's name would that prevent us from getting high speed rail or gigE internet? So, because people have different colors and beliefs, we can't get broadband coast to coast? That just doesn't make any sense. Another is the "our government is corrupt/monopolistic/fascist/corporatist/name-your-own-damning-description". So, if there's corruption, there must be somewhere we can ram through gigE speeds through back-alley deals and nepotistic dealings like (supposedly) Hong Kong.
- patrickyeon 15y agoJust the first Google results: New York (City): http://www.fiberexperts.com/new-york-fios.html http://www.fiberexperts.com/new-york-fios.html Iowa: http://www.fiberexperts.com/iowa-fios.html http://www.fiberexperts.com/iowa-fios.html