But we invented the Internet...why are they faster?

[cw42]

i always thought al gore invented the internet?

 

[thomsbrain]

oh god. i get wet just thinking about 50 Mb/s. *runs to change underpants*.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
3 words: high population density

yep, the US is so freeking big it cant be done in a cost effective manner, the backbone just isnt there yet

you cold do it for cities liek LA, NYC.... but not the whole USA

Actually the backbone is already there. We have more unlit fiber running across this nation than we know what to do with.

Its the last mile combined with ancient wiring/central office equipment.

 

[BullyCanadian]

Originally posted by: spidey07

The US and Europe need to catch up here fast.

we invented the telephone and had the first telephone network.

Since when was Alexander Graham Bell was American :roll:

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
3 words: high population density

yep, the US is so freeking big it cant be done in a cost effective manner, the backbone just isnt there yet

you cold do it for cities liek LA, NYC.... but not the whole USA

Actually the backbone is already there. We have more unlit fiber running across this nation than we know what to do with.

Its the last mile combined with ancient wiring/central office equipment.

yea thats it,

 

[sillymofo]

Originally posted by: cw42
i always thought al gore invented the internet?

FYI, Al Gore is an American, so he's one of us.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: BullyCanadian

Originally posted by: spidey07

The US and Europe need to catch up here fast.

we invented the telephone and had the first telephone network.

Since when was Alexander Graham Bell was American :roll:

ok, so he wasn't a citizen but he used american resources, american patents and the first telephone and telephone networks were in america.

:roll:

 

[rahvin]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog

Originally posted by: rahvin
Japan has a nearly identical population number as the US (around 300million) and a land mass that is the size of california (which has about 50million currently) So imagine california with every US citizen in it, or increase the cali population by 6x. Per home deployments get really cheap when everyone lives in apartment buildings.

Dude, Japan has 125M people and declining.

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ja.html

127million people and a 0.008% growth rate (which is not declining). Regardless I stand corrected on total population figure.

 

[IamElectro]

Originally posted by: rahvin
Japan has a nearly identical population number as the US (around 300million) and a land mass that is the size of california (which has about 50million currently) So imagine california with every US citizen in it, or increase the cali population by 6x. Per home deployments get really cheap when everyone lives in apartment buildings.

Japan
Population: 125 million people
Geographic size: 145,840 square miles

US
Population: 300+ million people
Geographic size: 5,983,240 square miles

Japans population is currently declining

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: BullyCanadian

Originally posted by: spidey07

The US and Europe need to catch up here fast.

we invented the telephone and had the first telephone network.

Since when was Alexander Graham Bell was American :roll:

ok, so he wasn't a citizen but he used american resources, american patents and the first telephone and telephone networks were in america.

:roll:

lol

 

[Doggiedog]

Originally posted by: rahvin

Originally posted by: Doggiedog

Originally posted by: rahvin
Japan has a nearly identical population number as the US (around 300million) and a land mass that is the size of california (which has about 50million currently) So imagine california with every US citizen in it, or increase the cali population by 6x. Per home deployments get really cheap when everyone lives in apartment buildings.

Dude, Japan has 125M people and declining.

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ja.html

127million people and a 0.008% growth rate (which is not declining). Regardless I stand corrected on total population figure.

0.008% is declining. They crossed that threshold this year I believe. There are now as many old people in Japan as young people.

 

[BullyCanadian]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: BullyCanadian

Originally posted by: spidey07

The US and Europe need to catch up here fast.

we invented the telephone and had the first telephone network.

Since when was Alexander Graham Bell was American :roll:

ok, so he wasn't a citizen but he used american resources, american patents and the first telephone and telephone networks were in america.

:roll:

ok if you make it sound soo easy, *why* didnt an american make it first :roll:

 

[StinkyPinky]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: BullyCanadian

Originally posted by: spidey07

The US and Europe need to catch up here fast.

we invented the telephone and had the first telephone network.

Since when was Alexander Graham Bell was American :roll:

ok, so he wasn't a citizen but he used american resources, american patents and the first telephone and telephone networks were in america.

:roll:

If he's not a citizen, then he's not an American.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: BullyCanadian

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: BullyCanadian

Originally posted by: spidey07

The US and Europe need to catch up here fast.

we invented the telephone and had the first telephone network.

Since when was Alexander Graham Bell was American :roll:

ok, so he wasn't a citizen but he used american resources, american patents and the first telephone and telephone networks were in america.

:roll:

ok if you make it sound soo easy, *why* didnt an american make it first :roll:

well because the candian's couldn't figure it out and didn't have the resources or facilities required, he only stayed there for a year remember?



:beer:

also note that I said "we invented the telephone" denoting a collective team.

 

[Shlong]

How much is internet in Korea or China?

 

[OokiiNeko]

Internet cafe in Korea (about three years ago) was about 50 cents an hour. 19" monitors, plush fake leather chairs, free beverages (soda, coffee, tea).

For the square mileage figures, don't forget most of Japan's population is on the Kanto and Kansai plains. Many areas are just too mountainous to have people live there.

 

[CanOWorms]

Originally posted by: BullyCanadian

Originally posted by: spidey07

The US and Europe need to catch up here fast.

we invented the telephone and had the first telephone network.

Since when was Alexander Graham Bell was American :roll:

Um, maybe since the date he got his American citizenship :roll:

His gravestone does read: "Teacher - Inventor - Citizen of the U.S.A." Or is his own gravestone a lie?

 

[CanOWorms]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: BullyCanadian

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: BullyCanadian

Originally posted by: spidey07

The US and Europe need to catch up here fast.

we invented the telephone and had the first telephone network.

Since when was Alexander Graham Bell was American :roll:

ok, so he wasn't a citizen but he used american resources, american patents and the first telephone and telephone networks were in america.

:roll:

ok if you make it sound soo easy, *why* didnt an american make it first :roll:

well because the candian's couldn't figure it out and didn't have the resources or facilities required, he only stayed there for a year remember?



:beer:

also note that I said "we invented the telephone" denoting a collective team.

The idea of the telephone was conceived in Canada, invented in America if you believe Bell invented it. I think an Italian immigrant in the US is believed to be the inventor nowadays.

 

[dc]

high population density and a population that in general adopts new technology faster.

 

[hdeck]

sweden, norway, etc. get even faster connections for cheap.

 

[Svnla]

Don't forget in Japan, they have better and cooler cellphones.

BTW, I agree about the density/population. We can't run fiber lines for all the land mass we have here in the USA.

 

We invented the nuclear bomb, why did they get to experience it?!?!?!

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Because fools in the US are willing to pay too much to have broadband!

Are you willing to go back to dialup?

 

[bigdog1218]

Originally posted by: CanOWorms

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: BullyCanadian

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: BullyCanadian

Originally posted by: spidey07

The US and Europe need to catch up here fast.

we invented the telephone and had the first telephone network.

Since when was Alexander Graham Bell was American :roll:

ok, so he wasn't a citizen but he used american resources, american patents and the first telephone and telephone networks were in america.

:roll:

ok if you make it sound soo easy, *why* didnt an american make it first :roll:

well because the candian's couldn't figure it out and didn't have the resources or facilities required, he only stayed there for a year remember?



:beer:

also note that I said "we invented the telephone" denoting a collective team.

The idea of the telephone was conceived in Canada, invented in America if you believe Bell invented it. I think an Italian immigrant in the US is believed to be the inventor nowadays.

Yep, Meucci

 

[rahvin]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog

Originally posted by: rahvin

Originally posted by: Doggiedog

Originally posted by: rahvin
Japan has a nearly identical population number as the US (around 300million) and a land mass that is the size of california (which has about 50million currently) So imagine california with every US citizen in it, or increase the cali population by 6x. Per home deployments get really cheap when everyone lives in apartment buildings.

Dude, Japan has 125M people and declining.

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ja.html

127million people and a 0.008% growth rate (which is not declining). Regardless I stand corrected on total population figure.

0.008% is declining. They crossed that threshold this year I believe. There are now as many old people in Japan as young people.

Maybe you utilize a newfangled math I'm not aware of but 0.008% GROWTH is not declining. Maybe the 2004-5 number will be different (and I won't take your word for it) but the estimate in the link is GROWTH of 0.008% which is still growth.