Time For Another Episode of "Why Europe Is Now Kicking Our Broadband Bottoms."
From the NYT: http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=149340&f=24&single=1
Granted, like all regulators, Vivane Redding has a tendency to credit her initiatives with all successes. But the undeniable fact is that other countries in the EU, after adopting the structural separation rules we used to have, began significantly leapfrogging us in broadband penetration and broadband adoption -- with a subsequent boost to their economies. The alternative explanations -- different population densities, metrics like this are irrelevant -- are wearing thin.
Granted, like all regulators, Vivane Redding has a tendency to credit her initiatives with all successes. But the undeniable fact is that other countries in the EU, after adopting the structural separation rules we used to have, began significantly leapfrogging us in broadband penetration and broadband adoption -- with a subsequent boost to their economies. The alternative explanations -- different population densities, metrics like this are irrelevant -- are wearing thin.