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    balls187: "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 per... more »
    Hello Mister Walrus: Just throwing this out there - broadband penetration is important, but it is not the only thing that constitutes how well-developed a country's infras... more »
    Mrrix32: Where you just trying to see how many times you could fit the word "Penetration" into a paragraph? more »
    Wegmans: 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... more »
    Nick: 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 ... more »
    Grendel: 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 th... more »
    pantsonfireliarliar: 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... more »
    Mister Eee: If that doesn't sum up the USA I don't know what does! more »
    EBone: Nokia's West Coast US headquarters is about five minutes from my house. I always wonder what they're doing in the that huge building, since their phon... more »
    MerisCater: Very interesting. We here over at the other side of the Atlantic sometimes tend to think that America has all the best things, but it turns out that's... more »
    MadCrazy: 4th of July seems to have come early for the giz commentators...and the yanks wonder why ever1 they are hated. more »
    Kaiser-Machead: I adored my Minidisc player. It had fantastic battery life, was immune to skipping, unlike Discmans, and was pretty easy to use (I thought). I think I... more »
    GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: The only problem I see with Mobil TV is we drive more than other countries do. We can't handle talking on the phone and driving, just picture someone... more »
    kyle4: Mobile TV sounds really interesting. The only foreseeable problem for us getting it is if the shows consume bandwidth. With the caps setting in that w... more »
    ras_d: seriously? Laser-discs and mini-discs? those were outdated about a minute after they came out. more »
    Curves: I can do/did without all of these except Instant Message, which I would go crazy without. I even message myself notes and reminders from me@work to me... more »
    aerospaceman: if by "passed us by" you mean "replaced with better alternatives", then I completely agree with this article.Maybe a find/replace is in order? more »
    Monty: What is it that our Asian brothers are doing with their connection that we are jealous we can not do? Let's assume that we could have a gigabit conne... more »
    DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his stapler.: Ah, I love our country and its prevailing logic behind standards and metrics: Don't like our ranking? Lower the bar. Still doesn't work? Change the re... more »
    Michael Kim: Isn't South Korea's population density greater than the United State's? It is obviously less populous, but without looking it up, I'm going to guess ... more »
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    United States Sneaks Into Top 20 List of Household Broadband Use (at Number 20)

    It's times like these that make me proud to live in America. A new survey ranks the US number 20 in household broadband use, just behind Estonia and the United Arab Emirates. Wait, is "proud" the right word? More »
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    Six Technologies That Passed America By

    With America's status as a technological superpower comes a tendency to occasionally straight ignore the rest of the world. For better or for worse, here are technologies we've all but completely missed out on.
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    U.S. Broadband May Not Suck So Much After All

    In fact, we may be #1! That's according to Professor Leonard Waverman's Connectivity Scorecard, which rates a country's wired-ness by looking at a wide range of different factors, not just speed and adoption rates. More »