Internet Speeds and Costs Around the World, USA is 15th

[Townsend]

I posted this on business and development because our lack of high speed is an issue for new business and development.  It might also fit, sadly, in politics.

Internet Speeds and Costs Around the World, Shown Visually




http://gizmodo.com/5390014/internet-speeds-and-costs-around-the-world-shown-visually

This awesome infographic shows the internet costs and speeds around the world for the top 20 nations in the ITIF Broadband Rankings. Unsurprisingly, we don't compare too well.

Number one is, predictably, Japan, where the average broadband speed is 60mbps and they pay $0.27 per 1mbps. We, in comparison, average 4.8mbps and pay $3.33 per 1mbps, putting us at #15. Be sure to click the above image to see it in its full glory.

I started re-looking at this information after listening to a frustrating story on Diane Rehm with Susan Crawford, the author of "Captive Audience".

The U.S. has long been a world leader in technology innovation. Finding ways to profit from the Internet has been no exception. Think Amazon, Facebook and Google. But the next Google will not come from the U.S. Or so argues the author of a new book on the communications industry. She says we've allowed a handful of cable companies to become monopolies that stifle competition and innovation. Their monopoly status is also why Americans pay more money for worse Internet service than consumers in most other developed nations. Diane speaks with a communications policy expert about who controls Americans' access to the Internet and why.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-01-10/susan-crawford-captive-audience

The interview mentioned the Google/Kansas City deal and alluded that any city could have the same speed deal if the city leaders worked for it.  I'd love to have more info on that and what we can do to improve, if not our country's high speed access, at least our city's.

[zstyles]

If Tulsa or Oklahoma want to get on the national "high tech" radar maybe they should be looking to partner with Google to bring this to Tulsa rather than trying to fix up some hangers for a bankrupt whale of an airline...

[Red Arrow]

If Tulsa or Oklahoma want to get on the national "high tech" radar maybe they should be looking to partner with Google to bring this to Tulsa rather than trying to fix up some hangers for a bankrupt whale of an airline...

Google has a place in the Mid America Industrial Park between Pryor and Chouteau just east of Highway 69 (not 169).

http://goo.gl/maps/fLS4e

It's the smaller white roof building directly north of the airport runway.  The big white roof building is the Gatoraid (I think) bottling plant.

[BKDotCom]

Here's a recent article on Slate regarding Tulsa and attracting high-tech via our new supercomputer
Slate Article



Regarding tulsa's supercomputer... I have a nice little conspiracy theory..
Here's a Tulsa World article on Tulsa's supercomputer
Lets look at some info:

• a) Tulsa city hall has more bandwidth going into it than just about anyplace ( thanks to Williams/Vyvx/Level3 )
• b) Now lets look at the bio of the person featured in the TW article:
  "...is considered one of the leaders in information security and digital forensics education and training, having briefed US Senators, FBI, IRS, National Security Agency and Department of Defense on information security, critical infrastructure protection, cyber crimes and digital forensics."

"I have a mathematician who wants to look at the fluid dynamics of a next-generation volleyball to improve the air flow,"

right...  

[Teatownclown]

If Tulsa or Oklahoma want to get on the national "high tech" radar maybe they should be looking to partner with Google to bring this to Tulsa rather than trying to fix up some hangers for a bankrupt whale of an airline...

+1...how's their KC experience evolving?

BKD, do you think this investment at city hall is driven more by fear than by opportunity?

[TheArtist]

Whats troubling is not just where we are currently with respect to speeds and costs, but where the trend is going.  Compared to other developed countries our speeds continue to fall further behind while our costs continue to go up.   Funny, sounds similar to the healthcare debate.  We arent living as long or well, and it costs us double to manage that.

[Teatownclown]

Whats troubling is not just where we are currently with respect to speeds and costs, but where the trend has been going.  Compared to other developed countries our speeds continue to fall further behind while our costs continue to go up.   Funny, sounds similar to the healthcare debate.  We arent living as long or well, and it costs us double to do that.

I'd think our traffic was 1000x greater than that of Japan.

[Gaspar]

Information traffic is arguably more important than many forms of physical commerce.  We have lots of grey fiber coming into and out of Tulsa because of the past business endeavors of Williams.  It would be a wise investment to capitalize and market that resource.  Cost and security of information traffic is a significant variable in a technology company's decision to locate in an area.  Beyond grey fiber, we also have energy resources.  If marketed properly, it's a marvelous combination. 

[TheTed]

I'd be interested to see what the difference would be in areas of the US that are as dense as the areas used for the rest of the world.

Of course it's gonna cost more when you have to build way more infrastructure per person. Same as transportation costs being higher in Oklahoma than Tokyo.