The broadband news is in, but it isn’t all good
June 5, 2009
Dr. Melodie Mayberry-Stewart, New York’s Chief Information Officer, head of the state Office for Technology , and Chair of the New York State Council for Universal Broadband, took to the podium at the Opportunity Online Broadband Summit on June 3rd and delivered the sobering news: the Council’s just released NYS Universal Broadband Annual Report for 2008 revealed that the U.S. lags behind much of the world in broadband penetration, broadband speed, and price per megabit.
In addition, while New York’s median download speed, 4.14 megabits per second, does exceed the nationwide average of 2.35, our country is ranked in 15th place worldwide, far behind Canada (7.6), France (17.6), Finland (21.7), South Korea (49.5), and Japan (63.6). She added that 48 percent of households throughout New York state lack broadband connectivity, roughly 3.7 million households or 10 million people...
Dr. Melodie Mayberry-Stewart, New York’s Chief Information Officer, head of the state Office for Technology , and Chair of the New York State Council for Universal Broadband, took to the podium at the Opportunity Online Broadband Summit on June 3rd and delivered the sobering news: the Council’s just released NYS Universal Broadband Annual Report for 2008 revealed that the U.S. lags behind much of the world in broadband penetration, broadband speed, and price per megabit.
In addition, while New York’s median download speed, 4.14 megabits per second, does exceed the nationwide average of 2.35, our country is ranked in 15th place worldwide, far behind Canada (7.6), France (17.6), Finland (21.7), South Korea (49.5), and Japan (63.6). She added that 48 percent of households throughout New York state lack broadband connectivity, roughly 3.7 million households or 10 million people...
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