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What are the most wired countries in the world and why?

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How Stuff Works offers a top-ten list of the "most wired" countries in the world. While our neighbors to the north make the list at number nine, the United States does not. Each of the top ten countries has at least 23 broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants -- Denmark, which leads the list, has 34.3. The United States, at fifteenth, has 22.1. According to the report, the U.S. fares badly because of geography, population size, broadband price, and the small fact that we lack a national broadband strategy of any kind:

The governments in the countries that make up the top 10 have a national broadband strategy. These countries consider broadband access a political priority and provide a framework for the Internet infrastructure. The United States does not have a comprehensive broadband strategy, leaving such decisions to corporations and utility companies.

Actually we do have a broadband strategy. It consists of paying broadband lip service only during political campaigns, implementing flimsy policies aimed solely at protecting the revenue of the largest operators, then issuing reports that pat ourselves on the back for a job well done. The OECD's new broadband data portal offers far richer detail than the report above.

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/91503
http://www.oecd.org/document/54/0,3343,en_2649_33703_38...
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