Comments on: June Column: Mary Meeker http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/05/june_column_mary_meeker.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=june_column_mary_meeker Thoughts on the intersection of search, media, technology, and more. Thu, 23 May 2013 12:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Scott Rafer http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/05/june_column_mary_meeker.php#comment-24017 Scott Rafer Thu, 27 May 2004 03:34:33 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/05/june_column_mary_meeker.php#comment-24017 <p>Meeker's math seems conservative with regard to China. China should be at the top of the heap for Internet users well within 5 years. The US has 128MM and that figure is not growing quickly at all, largely due to the lack of enforcement of the Communications Act of 1996 and other large telco corporate welfare. The US's global broadband rank is dropping like a rock.</p> <p>China is already number one in mobile phone users and Wi-Fi users, 20% year-over-year growth on Internet users overall should be easy.</p> Meeker’s math seems conservative with regard to China. China should be at the top of the heap for Internet users well within 5 years. The US has 128MM and that figure is not growing quickly at all, largely due to the lack of enforcement of the Communications Act of 1996 and other large telco corporate welfare. The US’s global broadband rank is dropping like a rock.

China is already number one in mobile phone users and Wi-Fi users, 20% year-over-year growth on Internet users overall should be easy.

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