Digression 2: US lags in Broadband
Surprising (to me!!) article by Jim Seymor of RealMoney.com (need subscription to read it), about how the US has been lagging in broadband due to silly pricing policies. The following table tells the whole story:
|
Country |
Broadband Subscribers |
Percentage of Homes |
|
Korea |
5.8 million |
40.0% |
|
Canada |
1.9 million |
16.24 |
|
U.S. |
10 million |
9.52 |
|
Germany |
1.5 million |
3.94 |
|
Japan |
1.5 million |
3.36 |
The US has lower broadband penetration than Korea or Canada after being the leader in recent years. Seymor blames stupid and inept marketing as well as misunderstanding of management of what broadband is.Do you believe it? Any other explanations out there?
11:13:48 AM 
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