US ranks 25th in the world for Internet connection speed

The US ranks 25th in the world in average Internet connection speeds, and nearly half of all US residents' Internet connections fall below the US Federal Communications Commission's minimum definition of broadband, at 4 megabits per second download, according to a new report.Computerworld

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Seems to conincide with this report from earlier this year. I guess there is a reason as to why we still have 56k warnings here in OT. I doubt the FCC is going to reach its national broadband plan's goal by 2015. Do you agree, OT?

its a big coutry.

I'd be surprised if they did. I am also not surprised that we ranked so low.

i wonder where my country is.probably the last,or even worse.

its a big coutry.Phaze-Two

Who cares? I don't really see why the connection speed between a private citizen and a privately owned internet provider should be any of the government's business, unless one of the parties is violating the terms of their contract.

Death to dial up!:twisted:

I dislike how the article gives the median speed of the US and then the mean speeds of the countries with the top internet speeds.

Death to dial up!:twisted:gamerguru100

The UK must be 250th then.SolidSnake35

I'm not a supporter of the Labour Party in Australia, however the National Broadband Network currently being built (giving 100Mb/s to ~90% of the population) is a good thing IMO

I'm not a supporter of the Labour Party in Australia, however the National Broadband Network currently being built (giving 100Mb/s to ~90% of the population) is a good thing IMOdaqua_99

[QUOTE="daqua_99"]I'm not a supporter of the Labour Party in Australia, however the National Broadband Network currently being built (giving 100Mb/s to ~90% of the population) is a good thing IMOHexagon_777

It's costing taxpayers over $40bn.

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"][QUOTE="daqua_99"]I'm not a supporter of the Labour Party in Australia, however the National Broadband Network currently being built (giving 100Mb/s to ~90% of the population) is a good thing IMOdaqua_99

[QUOTE="daqua_99"][QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]In your opinion? How could someone else think it is not?Hexagon_777

Basically that would pay off our entire Federal Government debt :P

i wonder where my country is.probably the last,or even worse.

VaguelyTagged

I blame all the old people running netzero accounts

[QUOTE="VaguelyTagged"]i wonder where my country is.probably the last,or even worse.dk00111

The SpeedTest.org 2010 Speed Matters Report for the US is pretty telling. If you want to live where really high speed internet is available, you need to live from around Ft. Belvoir VA to New England with Delaware being the #1 state for high speed connections.

The SpeedTest.org 2010 Speed Matters Report for the US is pretty telling. If you want to live where really high speed internet is available, you need to live from around Ft. Belvoir VA to New England with Delaware being the #1 state for high speed connections.WhiteKnight77

[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]The SpeedTest.org 2010 Speed Matters Report for the US is pretty telling. If you want to live where really high speed internet is available, you need to live from around Ft. Belvoir VA to New England with Delaware being the #1 state for high speed connections.Hexagon_777

I didn't know 6th place was ahead of 1st place. Hmmmmm.

I wonder what position Norway holds. horgen123

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"][QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]The SpeedTest.org 2010 Speed Matters Report for the US is pretty telling. If you want to live where really high speed internet is available, you need to live from around Ft. Belvoir VA to New England with Delaware being the #1 state for high speed connections.WhiteKnight77

That's actually pretty good considering how large the country is and how many small towns and remote areas there are. It's not like Japan where half of the country lives in one city and the rest lives in the suburbs of that city.

its a big coutry.

Phaze-Two

[QUOTE="dk00111"][QUOTE="VaguelyTagged"]i wonder where my country is.probably the last,or even worse.Hexagon_777

I guess there is a reason as to why we still have 56k warnings here in OT.Hexagon_777

Death to dial up!:twisted:

gamerguru100

I got the pitchfork,

Point the direction.

[QUOTE="Phaze-Two"]its a big coutry.Hexagon_777

people don't upgrade to higher speeds, they got "high speed internet" years ago, pay old prices for low bandwidth, it happens, I'm always looking for faster and cheaper dealslamprey263

Problem is there is often a monopoly on "highspeed" internet in an area. Without competition the provider can charge what they want, and not feel the need to upgrade.

I'm in that situation with my 1mbps DSL:(

Pretty sad.t3hrubikscube

meh, not really.

Its a big country, and very spread out. I've been to quite a few foreign countries, and the US is the only place where I can drive in places for hours upon hours without seeing a soul, city, etc.

I'd wager that in cities and more densely populated areas the internet connection speed ranks up there with some of the better countries, but you need to remember many of the states in the US have a population of about 5 people per square mile. Its just not worthwhile to have solid, reliable, fast internet in many parts of the US.

I live in California, in a fairly isolated but very nice part of the Central Coast (4 hours from San Francisco, 3.5 hours to LA), and while in town the internet is good, just outside in the country people simply do not get internet. Period. Unless they w ant satellite internet, which is crappy

So yeah, I suppose averaged out our internet isnt too great, but I think its a scenario of having pretty good internet 90% of the time, and abysmal internet 10% of the time, thus dragging it down.

So yeah, I suppose averaged out our internet isnt too great, but I think its a scenario of having pretty good internet 90% of the time, and abysmal internet 10% of the time, thus dragging it down.

mrbojangles25

Your example sort of hit on another point too; countries like South Korea and Japan see their governments take a very big hand in making sure high quality internet is delivered everywhere. In South Korea for example, the government had a program recently where it encouraged non-connected households to connect to broadband by teaching them how to do it.

The USA is far more laissez-faire, so like in the example you described, a company will provide internet access for the town, it will not bother rolling it out to the country. Since the government cannot/does not want to make them, it just isn't going to happen.

[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]So yeah, I suppose averaged out our internet isnt too great, but I think its a scenario of having pretty good internet 90% of the time, and abysmal internet 10% of the time, thus dragging it down.

Danm_999

Your example sort of hit on another point too; countries like South Korea and Japan see their governments take a very big hand in making sure high quality internet is delivered everywhere. In South Korea for example, the government had a program recently where it encouraged non-connected households to connect to broadband by teaching them how to do it.

The USA is far more laissez-faire, so like in the example you described, a company will provide internet access for the town, it will not bother rolling it out to the country. Since the government cannot/does not want to make them, it just isn't going to happen.

not to mention Korea is, what, the size of Oregon or something?

[QUOTE="lamprey263"]people don't upgrade to higher speeds, they got "high speed internet" years ago, pay old prices for low bandwidth, it happens, I'm always looking for faster and cheaper dealsdercoo

Problem is there is often a monopoly on "highspeed" internet in an area. Without competition the provider can charge what they want, and not feel the need to upgrade.

I'm in that situation with my 1mbps DSL:(

That's pretty bad. My internet stays between 18-20mbps