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A report on Internet speed in the United States says the country isn?t likely to catch world leader South Korea for 15 years.
Or for much longer ? at current growth rates, the United States will only reach South Korea?s speed today in 15 years.
The report, by the Communications Workers of America, details Internet download and upload speeds all over the United States and some of its affiliated territories. In the last year, the average upload speed in the United States ?barely changed,? the report said, and download speed only grew a little, from 4.2 megabits per second in 2008 to 5.1 megabits per second in 2009.
In South Korea, average download speed is four times faster ? 20.4 megabits per second. The United States also lags Japan (15.8 mbps), Sweden (12.8 mbps), the Netherlands (11 mbps) and 24 other countries.
At average U.S. speed it takes about 35 minutes to download 100 family vacation photos, and four hours to upload them.
The report said U.S. speeds aren?t sufficient for the needs of in-home medical monitoring, distance learning programs, or to run a modern business from home.
?People in Japan can upload a high-definition video in 12 minutes, compared to a grueling 2.5 hours? at the average U.S. speed, the report said.
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2009/08/24/daily30.html?ana=from_rss
Or for much longer ? at current growth rates, the United States will only reach South Korea?s speed today in 15 years.
The report, by the Communications Workers of America, details Internet download and upload speeds all over the United States and some of its affiliated territories. In the last year, the average upload speed in the United States ?barely changed,? the report said, and download speed only grew a little, from 4.2 megabits per second in 2008 to 5.1 megabits per second in 2009.
In South Korea, average download speed is four times faster ? 20.4 megabits per second. The United States also lags Japan (15.8 mbps), Sweden (12.8 mbps), the Netherlands (11 mbps) and 24 other countries.
At average U.S. speed it takes about 35 minutes to download 100 family vacation photos, and four hours to upload them.
The report said U.S. speeds aren?t sufficient for the needs of in-home medical monitoring, distance learning programs, or to run a modern business from home.
?People in Japan can upload a high-definition video in 12 minutes, compared to a grueling 2.5 hours? at the average U.S. speed, the report said.
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2009/08/24/daily30.html?ana=from_rss
