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rwbradley
Sep 07, 2014Explorer
Banzai Beagle wrote:
After spending many years traveling the world my question would be why is the infrastructure in the U.S. so poor? I have watched streaming video in most parts of the world without problem. In Europe you will typically have an allowance to check email, surf, etc, and pay an extra charge to stream. In Asia and the mid east it’s wide open. There is a reason that the U.S. is ranked around 40th for Internet speed. Until the ISPs make an effort to improve infrastructure it will be problematic. Google is trying in a few markets but sweetheart deals between local government and providers make it tough. Instead of complaining about the guy in the next trailer watching netflix we (users and park owners) should be complaining to the providers about the lack of bandwidth.
This is something I have never understood but at risk of inflaming our North/South friendship... Coming from Canada (the 2nd biggest country by land mass, but one of the lowest average population per square mile in the world, we have 4G or better cell coverage and 5mb or greater internet access available to almost as much land mass as the entire land mass of the US. When I travel to the US I always find it so strange that I cannot just drive somewhere and expect cell or fast internet. The US coverage map seems to be based on coverage for cities over a certain population or along an interstate. Although ironically per capita, the US probably has more customers, because of the higher urban population. Ironically too the problem with cell coverage in the US is due to the same above issue, you can't put 4G on a cell tower if you do not have the fiber infrastructure to bring it back to the city (the same Fiber infrastructure used to hook up DSL/Cable customers).
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