Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, has blamed operators’ high prices for the lagging development of broadband internet access in the US, according to a report in the Financial Times.
Gates told the World Economic Forum this weekend that the US’ high-speed residential communications development will fall behind other countries for the next five to six years as a result of companies failing to stimulate demand for their services, the paper reports.
Instead of cutting prices, US telecommunications companies have raised them recently, further stifling development, said Gates.
