Random Ramblings

Wow, I haven't posted in almost a year ... it's been a busy year, but not THAT busy : )

To harp on a topic I've mentioned before: the US has the most subscribers to high-speed internet services ("broadband" services), but we're 20th or 24th in the world in terms of percentage of our population that has such access. And we're not doing very good at increasing that percentage -- although we are consistently increasing the number of people with fast access.

http://www.websiteoptimization.com/bw/0607/ -- says we're 20th
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2102304,00.html -- says we're 24th

Neither report seems to talk about the cost of access, which, as far as I can tell, the US is not doing so well. Come on, $40 per month for a cable modem?? With more and more users getting on-line, I've noticed a decrease in bandwidth to my home computer.

We need serious telecom reform (and fast) if we want to remain competitive.