http://www.lockergnome.com/it/2007/09/13/comcast-losing-subscribers-and-ticking-off-users/ Technology News, Reviews & How-To Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.lockergnome.com/it/2007/09/13/comcast-losing-subscribers-and-ticking-off-users/#comment-32573 Silverlokk Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:26:00 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/it/2007/09/13/comcast-losing-subscribers-and-ticking-off-users/#comment-32573 http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/6183 -- check out the graph and weep. Japan's download speeds are 30x those in the US. Bottom line is that Comcast et al should have more bandwidth but for some mysterious reason don't. Or the reason might not be that mysterious -- a study I read *about* (haven't read it myself) says that US telcos received subsidies for 10 years, the agreement being that they would provide high-speed Internet to US households. 2Mbps, while high-speed, is pathetic compared even to your neighbors just north. http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/6183 — check out the graph and weep. Japan’s download speeds are 30x those in the US. Bottom line is that Comcast et al should have more bandwidth but for some mysterious reason don’t. Or the reason might not be that mysterious — a study I read *about* (haven’t read it myself) says that US telcos received subsidies for 10 years, the agreement being that they would provide high-speed Internet to US households. 2Mbps, while high-speed, is pathetic compared even to your neighbors just north.

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