[governance] FYI Lessig on McCain

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

Jacque and all,

  Good questions and just a good of points.  It is clear that the
broad band market in the US is nearly saturated, and outside
the US the market is not yet fully realized.  Ergo your latter
conclusion seems more accurate of an evaluation.

"Jacqueline A. Morris" wrote:

> 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
>
> Kleinwächter wrote:
> >
> > http://www.circleid.com/posts/88192_lawrence_lessigs_reaction_mccain_technology_plan/
> >
> > Wolfgang
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