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USA trails other industrialized nations in high-speed Internet access

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may never catch up unless quick action is taken by public-policymakers, a report commissioned by the Communications Workers of America warns. The median U.S. download speed now is 1.97 megabits per second - a fraction of the 61 megabits per second enjoyed by consumers in Japan, says the report released Monday. Other speedy countries include South Korea (median 45 megabits), France (17 megabits) and Canada (7 megabits).

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Is this bottleneck hardware or governmental spyware related? by Alessandro Machi on Tuesday, Jun 26, 2007 at 9:19:43 AM
link to article defective by trout222 on Wednesday, Jun 27, 2007 at 8:10:16 AM