Data Point – if we’re so slow, how can we use so much?

by Skip

There are those that complain that other countries are FAR superior to the US in terms of Internet acceptance as well as local Internet speeds and coverage.  These arguments are especially vocal over at the FCC with the Net Neutrality brouhaha going on – Government MUST take over control, as we are behind!

Over at The Enterprise Blog was this chart of usage:

True, I am quite envious of my co-worker down in NJ who has fiber into his house via Verizon’s FIOS (and at multiples of the speed I have here in rural NH).  But, this chart says that we consume more data compared to our international "rivals".  And to boot, coverage for Internet is about 98% here in the US (from what I remember).  

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  • Skip

    Co-founder of GraniteGrok, my concern is around Individual Liberty and Freedom and how the Government is taking that away. As an evangelical Christian and Conservative with small "L" libertarian leanings, my fight is with Progressives forcing a collectivized, secular humanistic future upon us. As a TEA Party activist, citizen journalist, and pundit!, my goal is to use the New Media to advance the radical notions of America's Founders back into our culture.

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