Comments on: U.S. broadband growth continues http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/us-broadband-growth-continues/ Notes from the classroom and observations about today's practice of journalism online Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:04:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Mindy McAdams http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/us-broadband-growth-continues/#comment-187 Mindy McAdams Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:00:33 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/us-broadband-growth-continues/#comment-187 It's interesting to me that in many other countries, there is no cable TV at all. Only broadcast, and dish-based satellite.<br/><br/>In such countries, which lack the excellent infrastructure built by the Korean government, the effort is to deploy wireless broadband instead of wired -- because the quality of their telephony land lines is quite poor. It’s interesting to me that in many other countries, there is no cable TV at all. Only broadcast, and dish-based satellite.

In such countries, which lack the excellent infrastructure built by the Korean government, the effort is to deploy wireless broadband instead of wired — because the quality of their telephony land lines is quite poor.

]]> By: Danny Sanchez http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/us-broadband-growth-continues/#comment-186 Danny Sanchez Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:55:51 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/us-broadband-growth-continues/#comment-186 I'm not a telecom expert, but I would venture to guess that many of those cable connections are college students and 20-something-year-olds. As I was recently hunting for a roommate close to my age, I noticed every person I got in touch with used their cable connections for Internet access. Many of us just don't want the added expense of a land line. <br/><br/>But miss the big game? Phsaw! <br/><br/>We just opt for the high-speed Internet package that comes with our cable TV and hook it up to a wireless router for the rooms that have no connection. I’m not a telecom expert, but I would venture to guess that many of those cable connections are college students and 20-something-year-olds. As I was recently hunting for a roommate close to my age, I noticed every person I got in touch with used their cable connections for Internet access. Many of us just don’t want the added expense of a land line.

But miss the big game? Phsaw!

We just opt for the high-speed Internet package that comes with our cable TV and hook it up to a wireless router for the rooms that have no connection.

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