Wednesday, December 15, 2004
U.S. 15th in Broadband per Capita
In 2003, the ITU published a study that showed that the U.S. had fallen to 11th in broadband connections per capita. It was a shocking decline; in 2000, Business Week said that the U.S. was the third most connected nation.
(Note that we're not even talking about speed of connection, if you spell it DSL, it's broadband.)
Hmmm!!! Last year I naively projected the 2001-2002 change linearly into 2003. By this method, I predicted that the U.S. would fall to #15 with 9.49 connections per 100 people. Now the newest ITU study is out, and it shows -- surprise! -- the U.S. has fallen to #15 at 9.29 connections per 100. Here's the most relevant picture (from Page A-32 -- note: The document is NOT on line, you have to buy it).
(Note that we're not even talking about speed of connection, if you spell it DSL, it's broadband.)
Hmmm!!! Last year I naively projected the 2001-2002 change linearly into 2003. By this method, I predicted that the U.S. would fall to #15 with 9.49 connections per 100 people. Now the newest ITU study is out, and it shows -- surprise! -- the U.S. has fallen to #15 at 9.29 connections per 100. Here's the most relevant picture (from Page A-32 -- note: The document is NOT on line, you have to buy it).
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