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Re: Avg broadband download speed in the US is 1.9 Mbps. It is 61 Mbps in Japan, 45 Mbps in South Korea, 18 Mbps in Sweden, 17 Mpbs in France, and 7 Mbps in Canada
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 16:44:29 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Daniel Weitzner <djweitzner () csail mit edu> Date: May 22, 2007 2:02:16 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: ip () v2 listbox comSubject: Re: [IP] Avg broadband download speed in the US is 1.9 Mbps. It is 61 Mbps in Japan, 45 Mbps in South Korea, 18 Mbps in Sweden, 17 Mpbs in France, and 7 Mbps in Canada
I'm sure these numbers are real, but it's less than clear what we should infer from them.
I'd like to know answers to questions such as: -what is the average upload speed? -how many blog/YouTube posts are made from these various countries?-how does the overall volume of upstream content posted correlate with the average download and upload speeds? -what regulatory and ownership structures come with these network configurations?
As far as I know, some of the countries on the list have made these impressive broadband deployments happen either by direct public subsidy and/or by continuing monopoly control of the networks. I'm not condemning either option necessarily, but they do have baggage that comes with them once you've gotten your bits fast.
As much as I like high bandwidth downstream, good upstream bandwidth and non-discriminatory carriage are as important of not more so than raw bandwidth.
Danny On May 22, 2007, at 8:59 AM, David Farber wrote:
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