Debate question about broadband internet

A question about America's broadband penetration for the YouTube debate from Jeff Jarvis of New Jersey. The U.S. has fallen to 25th in broadband penetration worldwide. Our access in the U.S. costs 12 times more than Japan's on average yet Japan's is 12 times faster than ours. I ask the candidates: Will you pledge today to assure all Americans affordable -- open -- high-speed internet access and how will you do that? This is vital for our economy, education, culture and future.

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News & Politics

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• youtubedebate
• internet
• broadband
• democrats
• debate
• election

[CrossTechTips]

lol what future you'll be nuked by korea soon

[j7x54]

we will never have the speeds of japan, U.S.A. companies want a lot of profit and little cost so the prices will always be high for what we get. only a few phone companies run the phone lines in the U.S.A.

[23580578]

hey this is a jewish conspiracy //// hei hitler

[xSLYHAWKx]

omg wtf

[nymbus13]

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[pakoezeroe]

maybe japan is smaller than the u.s. terretory so the infrastructures is smaller in japan that could mean its cheaper to maintain and develop

i´m german my connection is at 1600kb/s

[webhiway]

Hundreds of WISPs (Wireless Internet Service Provider) across the country are working hard to do just that. What we need is the FCC to allocate RF spectrum with rules that will allows us to accomplish this.

[FlippinraNdom]

that's a great question

[VitoArc]

Great job Jeff! Great points, great presentation. 5 star rating!

[kay188]

nice good stand