[governance] FYI Lessig on McCain

[Jacqueline A. Morris]

Hi Wolfgang
He talks about Broadband penetration decline, in that the US is going 
from #5 to #22 worldwide. I am confused.
How is broadband penetration declining in the US?
Is there really a decline in the penetration figures? Are people in the 
US turning off their broadband and the penetration numbers are going 
down - from 60% penetration to 50% penetration, or from 200million to 
150 million?
Or has the market totally stagnated and the population is growing, thus 
reducing the penetration numbers?
Or is he talking about something else entirely - the fact that broadband 
penetration in other countries has gone to higher levels than the US. 
Isn't  that a result of other countries' growth and the likelihood that 
in the US, the easy broadband penetration is done, (the low hanging 
fruit) and now there's diminishing returns (more expensive to provide 
broadband per person in hard to reach, rural areas and so on)? 
According to this, when everyone gets to 100% penetration, the US will 
be at the bottom of the pile! (or the top, depending on how you see it)

Jacqueline

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