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Broadband Reality Check II
FreePress has released their September, 2006 report. Consumer's Union and Consumer Federation of America signed off on it, too.
"With every passing month, the United States falls further behind the global leaders in broadband
Internet access thanks to a combination of market and policy failures. Our markets lack the
competition to bring lower prices, higher speeds, and universal access. Our policies lack the
imagination and potency to create real change. Meanwhile, Americans pay more money for less
service than a dozen other nations. A third of U.S households are still stuck with dial-up, and
another third lack Internet access of any kind. Our broadband problem is becoming a crisis."
http://www.freepress.net/docs/bbrc2-execsum.pdf
"With every passing month, the United States falls further behind the global leaders in broadband
Internet access thanks to a combination of market and policy failures. Our markets lack the
competition to bring lower prices, higher speeds, and universal access. Our policies lack the
imagination and potency to create real change. Meanwhile, Americans pay more money for less
service than a dozen other nations. A third of U.S households are still stuck with dial-up, and
another third lack Internet access of any kind. Our broadband problem is becoming a crisis."
http://www.freepress.net/docs/bbrc2-execsum.pdf