U.S. is 15 years behind South Korea in Internet speed

[RCprince]

http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2009/08/24/daily20.html

I only have 7mbps down and 512kbps up, 10 dollars more for 15Mbps

[egneg]

I have 20M down and 5M up now but am going to 25M down and 15M up this week.

[RCprince]

I hate you!

[domwilson]

[RCprince]

But in actuality, your download speed is only as fast as the server you accessing.

[AndyKunz]

These comparisons are silly. America has a zillion miles more infrastructure to replace than most countries. Being totally electrified early may have helped bring us up as a nation quicker, but the downside is that upgrading to better distribution technology costs a lot more in the end.

All we need is FIOS to the desktop. Since I live in the boonies, I'll probably never see it. My buddies back in NJ are loving it, though.

Andy

[RCprince]

These comparisons are silly. America has a zillion miles more infrastructure to replace than most countries. Being totally electrified early may have helped bring us up as a nation quicker, but the downside is that upgrading to better distribution technology costs a lot more in the end.

All we need is FIOS to the desktop. Since I live in the boonies, I'll probably never see it. My buddies back in NJ are loving it, though.

Andy

I depending on where he lives I probably help, I worked from Fairfield to South River doing a lot of the Comcast upgrade back in the day. It was fun. we had our work cut out for us(Tech and Engineers )I'm addicted I must admit to high speed.

[domwilson]

I believe it also takes into account that many americans still use dialup as their means of connecting to the internet.

[egneg]

All we need is FIOS to the desktop. Since I live in the boonies, I'll probably never see it. My buddies back in NJ are loving it, though.

Andy

Verizon FIOS is what I have. They came through last summer and I have been very happy with the service.

[egneg]

But in actuality, your download speed is only as fast as the server you accessing.

Very true - I do notice a difference depending on the day of the week and time and the web site.

This is the site I use for testing but it tops out at 20M ...

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

[domwilson]

here's a cool one.. http://www.speedtest.net/

[domwilson]

You're never going to get the same results from the 2. I've used a number of these tests and the numbers range from 576kbps up 17mbps as speed is determined by so many variables including your computer's configuration.

[sailr]

I agree. Korea is a small country. Not only that, they have the political will to spend money FOR the people instead of bowing to big business and obscene profits like here.

I have FIOS and love it! Hope you can get it soon. But even with 20mps FIOS, we are still a lot slower than a lot of the world.

These comparisons are silly. America has a zillion miles more infrastructure to replace than most countries. Being totally electrified early may have helped bring us up as a nation quicker, but the downside is that upgrading to better distribution technology costs a lot more in the end.

All we need is FIOS to the desktop. Since I live in the boonies, I'll probably never see it. My buddies back in NJ are loving it, though.

Andy

[RCprince]

Fiber is the way to go, but the argument is, we was paying for the upgrades to the total backbone, but side projects took interest.

[sailr]

what were those side interests? Bridges to nowhere, etc? Too many special interests eating up too much of the pie to actually fund a project that benefits all. It's all about the money and the power, not the people.