http://www.kerschbergassociates.com/blog/ en Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:40:00 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sandvox Pro 1.2.7 http://www.kerschbergassociates.com/blog/internet_speed_gap.html <p>A recent article in the Washington Post entitled "Japan's Warp Speed Ride to Internet Future" compares the broadband bandwidth capacity of the Internet in the US as compared to other countries such as Korea and Japan.  </p> <p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black;">Japan has invested heavily in upgrading its Internet infrastructure and users experience 160 megabits per second, as compared to 8  </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black;">megabits per second here in the US on Cable or DSL .  This increased speed opens up a new world of applications including real-time HD teleconferencing and tele-medicine.</span></p> <p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black;">Our Internet policy needs to be updated to allow for more competition and incentives to improve our Internet infrastructure.  </span></p> <p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black;"></span><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/28/AR2007082801990.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Here is a link to the Post article</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black;">.</span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder" /> </p> Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:43:36 -0400 http://www.kerschbergassociates.com/blog/internet_speed_gap.html