Game Over: The U.S. is unlikely to ever regain its broadband leadership.

I, Cringely ^ | August 3, 2007 | Robert X. Cringely

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It is very doubtful, almost impossible, that we'll catch up to those countries ahead of us in broadband penetration. They are too far ahead and our native demand is simply less because our Internet economies are developing more slowly. Absent some miracle, the game is already over.

As I wrote two weeks ago, the situation is likely to improve somewhat over the next year or two as the telephone companies sacrifice a little to lock us in before we switch to DOCSIS 3 cable modems and the cable companies, in turn, offer incentives to jump to their voice products. But these companies don't think at all in international terms and they simply don't care about international competitiveness or the growth of our economy. They should, but they don't. And they don't because they have never had to. Though they are required to operate in the public interest and to provide public services, these monopolies have never been forced to consider our place in the world.

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Ok I just did one of those broadband speed test on my system and it came back at 5mps well I guess my cable co. lied to me ....I’m shocked I tell ya

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Oh I forgot I’m also running two other computers along with mine via wireless....does that make a difference in speed....