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A survey conducted earlier this year by the Pew Research Center found that 7% of Americans lack access to reliable broadband. One reason for this may be how expensive internet access is in the U.S.
"People in the U.S. pay more for slower internet than people abroad," Open Technology Institute policy analyst Claire Park said. "For many consumers, the cost of getting online right now is simply too high and also too complicated."
The Open Technology Institute has been studying the price and speed of internet services advertised within the United States as well as abroad. Its 2020 Cost of Connectivity Report found that the average advertised monthly cost of internet in the U.S. is $68.38, which is higher than the average price of internet access for all of North America, Europe and Asia.
Outdated infrastructure in the U.S. may also be impeding internet access to millions of Americans, and lawmakers have been debating how to increase internet availability and performance.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 11 2021, @01:30AM (13 children)
Just wait until you see The comparisons for Heathcare and education
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 11 2021, @04:00AM (10 children)
We are the most powerful country, and at the same time, we are a third-world country losers.
I wonder if the dying days of Roman Empire was like this.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 11 2021, @04:12AM (1 child)
I wonder if the dying days of Roman Empire were like this.
Sheesh. No wander you're innernet sux. You cain't even use werds proper.
(Score: 2) by loonycyborg on Monday October 11 2021, @09:50AM
It's just a regional variant of Vulgar Latin in which it's a correct usage.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 11 2021, @07:51AM
That would be called a shithole country.
(Score: 2) by driverless on Monday October 11 2021, @07:52AM (4 children)
Not entirely. Rome had bread and circuses, the US has Netflix and Pornhub.
(Score: 4, Touché) by Opportunist on Monday October 11 2021, @08:57AM (1 child)
The US has fast food and Netflix.
So yes, entirely.
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Monday October 11 2021, @08:29PM
Not bread, proper [theguardian.com]. But hey, why not let them eat cake?
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Monday October 11 2021, @12:21PM (1 child)
I'm not seeing any massive difference between chariot races and NASCAR, nor between gladiator games and the NFL. And as for the bread, I'd think that's best exemplified by the McDonald's dollar menu, which is usually more accessible to poor people than anything resembling healthy food.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 12 2021, @12:20AM
You could probably fly a Confederate flag at a chariot race. If anyone complained, shove a sword through 'em.
(Score: 2) by ElizabethGreene on Monday October 11 2021, @01:28PM
Bullshit. We have some problems, but that doesn't by any means make us a third world country. 7% of people answering No to the question "Do you use the internet or email, at least occasionally?" is a long way from that.
(Score: 3, Informative) by bzipitidoo on Monday October 11 2021, @05:12PM
Byzantium was infamous for bureaucracy and corruption. America isn't quite that bad, not yet. More like, we've replaced Caligula with Claudius. I hope the correspondence doesn't continue, as Claudius' successor was Nero.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Monday October 11 2021, @04:07PM (1 child)
It's not that simple. Doctors from around the world train in the US. Doctors in the US don't, generally speaking, go to, say, Congo to train in their field.
Students from around the world clamor to go to US universities. They don't clamor to go to college in North Korea.
If you can afford healthcare in the US, it is high quality. If you can afford to go to college, it is high quality.
Then, of course, you have the questions of whether it's better to have low quality healthcare for everyone or what the US has, or if college is the right sort of secondary education for everyone vs., say, a good trade school.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 11 2021, @11:10PM
"Then, of course, you have the questions of whether it's better to have low quality healthcare for everyone or what the US has, or if college is the right sort of secondary education for everyone vs., say, a good trade school."
Universal healthcare wouldn't lower the quality of healthcare, that is a typical red herring. Secondary education should be whatever the student wants, college or trade school. Why do you make such negative assumptions?