[Info-vax] Not all HP jobs have gone to India!

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 11-11-2010 22:18, JF Mezei wrote:
> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>
>> Here in the US, high-speed internet is quite ubiquitous and low cost.
>> You need to stop decrying and insulting the US because your country is
>> too busy finding fault below the 49th parallel instead of above. ;)
>
> Compared to nations such as France where open access has been mandated
> (leading to much competition) the USA internet access costs are very
> high. (Canada is worse now, but used to be near the top when open access
> was provided).
>
> Your 100mbops access would cost half in France, and even less in Hong
> Kong or South Korea.

US is not that bad.

For those that want the facts:

http://www.itif.org/files/BroadbandRankings.pdf
http://files.redux.com/images/b3a38a65dc1991703826b71ef1d2e752/raw

Arne