broadband penetration

U.S. Broadband Push Seen Gaining Steam

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:59:12 -0800

Digital Dreams

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:59:45 -0700

Verizon’s Crazy Broadband Strigl Theory

Stevie Converse — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:25:45 -0700

Verizon President and Chief Operating Officer Dennis Strigl made a big splash at NXTcomm 08 yesterday when he announced that the entire Verizon FiOS footprint could now get speeds of 50 megabits per second.

Joke's Over: FCC Adopts New Broadband Penetration Metrics

Stevie Converse — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:36:29 -0700

The Federal Communications Commission has officially revised the way that it measures broadband penetration, a system that was formerly the laughing stock of some observers in Europe.

U.S. Continues to Lag in Broadband Penetration

Stevie Converse — Wed, 21 May 2008 08:20:56 -0700

The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) has released its report on broadband availability among its member nations -- and though the United States is the largest broadband market in the OECD with nearly 70 million subscribers, it is still ranked 15th among the member nations for overall nationwide broadband pen

Is the U.S. Falling Further Behind in Broadband?

Stevie Converse — Wed, 21 May 2008 05:40:27 -0700

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development came out with its latest figures on broadband penetration and the situation appears to be getting worse for the U.S.

According to the study, the U.S. has slipped to 15th in the world at the end of last year, with a penetration rate of 23.3 percent among the OECD member nations. That's down from 12th in 2006 and 4th in 2001.

U.S. Slips to 15th in Broadband Access

Stevie Converse — Wed, 21 May 2008 05:34:38 -0700

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) didn't exactly point fingers and do any name calling, but the results of its broadband penetration study shined like red badge on the US's broadband shortcomings. When compared to the rest of the world, Uncle Sam comes up short.