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Originally Posted by iogames

Developed nations?

wasn't the internet created here? [USA]
does Americans have more web access/computers/business percapita than any other nation?

I seriously doubt it. I live 3 miles outside of town, which has a population of about 8,000 people. DSL only services a small fraction of the population. Instead of running fiber out to the neighborhoods, SBC is more focused on the commercial and business service.

Just 1/4 mile from my neighborhood is a nice middle class area with maybe a hundred homes. And guess what, no DSL.

The only provider of high speed internet is the cable company. They are about 10 years behind the technology curve. The only fiber they have is to their head end. My house is about 7 miles about 30 amps from the cable companies head end. an amp is used to boost the signal. Everytime the signal is boosted, noise is inserted into the carrier signal.

8 - 10 years ago when other cable companies were running fiber, the provider in my area was ignoring that trend.

Some parts of southeast texas, such as bridge city, orange and beaumont just got DSL in the past couple of years. And I mean just that - in the past 2 or 3 years. Between the years 2000 - 2002 Time Warner rebuilt their entire system with fiber fed nods to the neighborhoods. In the mean time, SBC sat on their hands and let TW grab 75%+ of the high speed market in south east texas.

Its as if these companies do not care about providing a service. They are making money, why do they need to do anything else? In a way, the management of SBC is hurting the technology development of the USA.