The OECD came out with new broadband rankings today, and the results shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone:
The good ol’ US of A ranked ninth (out of the 29 member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) in fixed broadband penetration on a per capita basis, and 12th in terms of pure percentage — behind the UK, South Korea, Iceland, the Netherlands, and plenty of others….Worse still, even those with broadband reported slower connections than folks in other countries. Olympia, Washington had the highest average download speeds of any US city with 21Mbps (New York and Seattle tied for second with 11.7Mbps), but was easily topped by Helsinki, Paris, Berlin, and Seoul (35.8Mbps).
This is what happens AT&T and the cable companies can get away with whatever they want, folks.
This is what happens when we the people allow monopoly cable companies to exist, not allowing competition and thus better products and better pricing.