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    United States Sneaks Into Top 20 List of Household Broadband Use (at Number 20)
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    06/21/09

    In reply to United States Sneaks Into Top 20 List of Household Broadband Use (at Number 20)
    "Hell, even Canada hit 76%, and they've got way more land and way fewer people"


    Uh, no shit?


    It's much easier to have higher household penetration percentage when you have less households.

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/20/09

    In reply to United States Sneaks Into Top 20 List of Household Broadband Use (at Number 20)
    Just throwing this out there - broadband penetration is important, but it is not the only thing that constitutes how well-developed a country's infrastructure is. For example, Estonia does not have tap water that you can drink, unlike the US. Maybe they spend too many resources on the internet than is optimal. Furthermore, Google, Microsoft, Apple, etc. and most of the technology that other countries use to access the internet can generally be traced to the US. This indicates that there are more dimensions to this issue than can be summarized by one statistic.


    Yes, broadband is important, and we should aim for 100% penetration eventually. However, we should not base our perceptions based on this ranking alone.

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    Image of Mrrix32 Mrrix32
    06/20/09

    In reply to United States Sneaks Into Top 20 List of Household Broadband Use (at Number 20)
    Where you just trying to see how many times you could fit the word "Penetration" into a paragraph?
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    06/20/09

    @Mrrix32: he was doing it in the article. the article is located at the top of this page.
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    Image of Wegmans Wegmans
    06/20/09

    In reply to United States Sneaks Into Top 20 List of Household Broadband Use (at Number 20)
    Um maybe if they offered broadband everywhere... Thank Comcast and Verizon out here... I'm stuck using a damn Aircard for internet, yet i'm 25 minutes away from Baltimore? Makes no sense
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    06/20/09

    @Wegmans: it doesn't make any sense. who the heck would live that close to baltimore.
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    06/20/09

    @Nick: At least it is not a red-neck nation like most of central US.
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    06/20/09

    @ggvrsn: touche. it is easier to dodge the 9mm bullet from some gangsta's gun than it is the buck shot from a redneck's 12 gauge.
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    06/20/09

    In reply to United States Sneaks Into Top 20 List of Household Broadband Use (at Number 20)
    i'm not so sure i want homeboy with the sign on the intertubes. he'll probably end up with a facebook account and then stumbling over to Giz with his stupid comments about being 'frist' or asking if it will 'bendl.'


    but then again, with that kind of haircut maybe he will bring a bit of entertainment with him. yeah on second thought, i wanna be his comment sponsor.


    business in the front -- party in the back. long live the mullet!!

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    Image of Grendel Grendel
    06/20/09

    In reply to United States Sneaks Into Top 20 List of Household Broadband Use (at Number 20)
    The UAE is not a very well known country? OMG what do they teach in American schools these days? JEEZ...


    Dubai (located, in the UAE) is like one of the most advanced cities on the planet. It also serves as a major business hub for the Middle East/Europe/Africa/Asia.


    And that hick in the pic misspelled "MORON".... Friggin' Morons!

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    06/20/09

    @Grendel: he didn't mispell it. that is how we spell it here in americuh. just like color has no you. idiot.
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    06/20/09

    @Nick: Ok. I've never succumbed to petty blogging arguments and name calling, but as an AMERICAN... I've decided to give in to the temptation.


    We "Americans" spell "moron"... like this you nub M.O.R.O.N...

    Do we not teach spelling either?


    [www.merriam-webster.com]

    [dictionary.reference.com]

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    06/20/09

    @Grendel: ps
    you're not supposed to use a p.e.r.i.o.d between each letter. FYI
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    06/20/09

    @Nick: And to think this started out as a typical Saturday in Sub Saharan Africa...


    Ok. I appologize for using "."


    I will reiterate...

    /crackKnuckles

    "M-O-R-A-N-S"

    /conforms

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    06/20/09

    @Grendel: welcome to americuh.
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    06/20/09

    @Grendel: So just out of curiosity, where are you from? I'm certain your country's ignorant about something.
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    06/20/09

    In reply to United States Sneaks Into Top 20 List of Household Broadband Use (at Number 20)
    I once went to a cable tv industry convention. Spice Network's banner slogan was "100% more penetration!" since at the time they were on more networks than Playboy.
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    06/20/09

    @pantsonfireliarliar: those guys at the spice network at pretty saucy.
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    06/20/09

    In reply to United States Sneaks Into Top 20 List of Household Broadband Use (at Number 20)
    If that doesn't sum up the USA I don't know what does!
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    06/20/09

    @collegekid13: a squared plus b squared?
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    06/20/09

    @collegekid13: I am American and I can spell Moron you eediat.
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