I was thinking about the penetration of broadband access to the Internet in various countries. One of the statistics that's frequently cited is about the huge percentage of Korean homes with broadband access as compared to the U.S. There are two other factors that need to be considered here:
1) The higher percentage of U.S. homes with Internet access, regardless of speed (71.1% in the U.S. vs. 60.9% in Korea, according to the latest figures I've seen), and
2) The vastly greater density of homes in Korea as compared to the U.S. We've got grunches more folks that are miles from their nearest neighbors.
I've probably missed something, but these points seem to mitigate our "negligence" at getting broadband out to everyone.
