[IP] 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

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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.com
Subject: 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:

> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: dewayne@warpspeed.com (Dewayne Hendricks)
> Date: May 21, 2007 5:43:21 PM EDT
> To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy@warpspeed.com>
> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] 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
>
> [Note:  This item comes from reader Mike Cheponis.  DLH]
>
> From: Mike Cheponis <mac@Wireless.Com>
> Date: May 21, 2007 12:07:48 AM PDT
> To: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@warpspeed.com>
> Subject: 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
>
> <http://pressesc.com/01179677598_us_internet_slow>
>
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