I picked up an issue of the IDG magazine NetworkWorld the other day. It was shocking to see what has happened to this venerable title. It is now in magazine format after years of being tabloid sized. I imagine it is only a matter of a few more months before this title becomes a full time Web site?

Regardless, some of the columnists from years back still write for NetworkWorld. One that I always enjoyed reading is Scott Bradner, Harvard University's Chief Security Officer.

Scott's article is entitled "Internet Overload: Painting Tomorrow Like Today." Here is a shocking stat: "the average download speed in the United States is less than 2Mbps compared with 60 Mbps in Japan."

And this is not unusual. Dozens of countries have vastly faster broadband speeds than are found in the United States. I find this shocking and would think that most readers would agree?