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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>VentureBeat - Latest Comments in U.S. broadband growth off to a slow start this year</title><link>http://venturebeat.disqus.com/</link><description>News about Tech, Business and Innovation</description><atom:link href="https://venturebeat.disqus.com/thread_698/latest.rss" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:06:33 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: U.S. broadband growth off to a slow start this year</title><link>http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/03/us-broadband-growth-off-to-a-slow-start-this-year/#comment-42811548</link><description>&lt;p&gt;"Elderly people, rural residents and those who made between $20,000 and $40,000 saw relatively higher broadband growth rates."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I'd like to know if this statement is still true, especially for rural residents.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;lt;h4&amp;gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ruralinternetsolution.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.ruralinternetsolution.com"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rural Internet&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  |  &lt;a href="http://www.ruralinternetsolution.com/speed.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.ruralinternetsolution.com/speed.html"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rural Broadband&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;lt;/h4&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Rural Internet</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:06:33 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: U.S. broadband growth off to a slow start this year</title><link>http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/03/us-broadband-growth-off-to-a-slow-start-this-year/#comment-807575</link><description>&lt;p&gt;This is not good news for new startups whose products rely on high-speed Internet connections to deliver their cutting edge products to the end user. I think someone needs to make this happen, as the US is falling farther and farther behind their global counterparts in broadband penetration and download speeds. Any thoughts on how best to make high-speed in the US fast and affordabe anyone?&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Anthony Kuhn</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:06:19 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>