Sunday, September 22, 2013

Is Asia’s Internet superiority due to high-density cities? Readers debate.

<p>One reader argues that dense apartment buildings make it cheaper to build broadband infrastructure. (Photo by DieselDemon)</p><p>We love it when Switch readers take the time to leave a comment letting us know what they think. So every weekend we highlight the week's most insightful comments.</p><p>In a Tuesday post I wrote about the dismal state of American broadband. Reader Mark Seidenfeld suggested an explanation for our broadband mediocrity: the "single family home architecture of the USA." He argues that "in many countries where people live primarily in apartment buildings, fiber is brought to the building or small cluster of buildings and then ethernet is simply pulled to the apartments via existing ducts."</p><p>But davidhoffman6692 doesn't buy this argument:</p><p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/09/22/is-asias-internet-superiority-due-to-high-desnity-cities-readers-debate/">Keep reading...</a></p>

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