International rankings for percentage of broadband-connected homes:
1st South Korea
8th Canada
17th United States
54% of rural homes in the U.S. are without broadband
From Popular Science magazine
I think we are doing well in this. We are the second largest country in the world (Wikipedia) with one of the lowest population densities (9th), yet we are doing OK with broadband access. Now, if we could just get cell phone rates down...
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Broadband Access pretty good in Canada
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Broadband Access pretty good in Canada
by Timetrvlr » Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:56 am
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Re: Broadband Access pretty good in Canada
by Toby Fourre » Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:17 pm
South Korea is wired. I've never seen any other place like it. What is really striking is that it all works.
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Re: Broadband Access pretty good in Canada
by Canadian » Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:19 pm
It is good but I am still waiting for real hi speed to come to Canada though. 
1 TB DL like Sweden would be nice. 
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Re: Broadband Access pretty good in Canada
by Toby Fourre » Thu Jan 28, 2010 2:29 pm
Canadian wrote:It is good but I am still waiting for real hi speed to come to Canada though.
Me too. Unfortunately, our mega communications corps don't want to fund the infrastructure required.
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Re: Broadband Access pretty good in Canada
by Durgan » Thu Jan 28, 2010 3:10 pm
It is time for fiber optic cable to be installed in homes. Japan has 40% installed already when I last checked.
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