August 8, 2002

Digression 2: US lags in Broadband


 


Surprising (to me!!) article by Jim Seymor of RealMoney.com (need subscription to read it), about how the US has been lagging in broadband due to silly pricing policies. The following table tells the whole story:


 




























Country

Broadband Subscribers

Percentage of Homes


Korea

5.8 million

40.0%


Canada

1.9 million

16.24


U.S.

10 million

9.52


Germany

1.5 million

3.94


Japan

1.5 million

3.36


 


The US has lower broadband penetration than Korea or Canada after being the leader in recent years. Seymor blames stupid and inept marketing as well as misunderstanding of management of what broadband is.Do you believe it? Any other explanations out there?

This entry was posted on August 8, 2002 at 11:13 am and is filed under Technology.

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  1. Mady Wimax Says:

    December 28, 2009 at 10:49 am

    Dont give up just yet. Stay alive and fight another day.

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