Us Ranks Lower In Broadband Access
"A Bush administration report released Thursday claims that high-speed Internet access is now available to virtually every American. This self-congratulatory document suggests that, during Bush's tenure, the United States has taken the right steps to ensure that we have "an environment in which broadband innovation and competition can flourish."
In fact, nothing could be further from the truth.
When George Bush assumed the presidency in 2001, the United States ranked fourth when it came to broadband penetration - the measure of access to digital services.
Now, as Bush enters his last year in office, the United States has dropped to 15th place."
posted by nolocontendere at 9:01 PM
5 Comments:
High-speed cable and cable-tv are both too expensive for us lower-income people. I've discovered that purchasing good deals on Dvds that i like and watching them over and over again is actually more enjoyable and less expensive than channel-surfing cable-tv ad nauseum and finding next to nothing most of the time.
But, I have also come to realize that dial-up is very slow with its downloads and many of my favorite web-sites take too long to load.
Does anyone aside from me recall the time in 2004 when a small group of NSA reps in Congress tried to pass a law that would actually slow down dial-up connections? Congress rejected it, but with around the same time, it was revealed that the NSA already had its hands in the servers. So, what's to stop them?
Anyone else on dial-up have problems with their connections going too slow, especially with foreign web-sites?
We were on phone connection until a few years ago when we took advantage of a sweet deal for broadband, and got hooked. I maintain an account with a free dial up ISP to use when cable or electricity go down.
Cable is expensive, a little less so when bundled with another service, but the internet is so ubiquitous now it's more than a little suspicious why the price is still so steep. Considering Bush's track record and the fact the pentagon thinks the tubes are the enemy, well...
cable and high speed are too expensive for us as well. while i don't miss cable, i would like the "luxury" of high speed just to watch videos and to gain faster access to websites.
i as well wonder why the cost remains so ridiculously high.
These limitations are controlled by Congress, not the office of the President.
For over a year now we've had a Democrat controlled Congress, and I'm still waiting for faster broadband!
What the hell's with you damn liberals???
Bush is hereby absolved of any and all Bad Things retroactive to his college days, except when he played that Jim Beam game then tried to kiss Heather but puked on her instead.
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