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It is pretty much common knowledge that the US is well behind first place when it comes to education and health care.  The Communications Workers of America (CWA) have released a report that will add broadband to that list.  The US ranks 16th in connectivity of industrialized nations.

The average download speed in the US is about 1.9Mbps (megabytes per second).  In Japan that number is 61Mbps.  In South Korea they have an average speed of 45Mbps. Our neighbor to the north, Canada, with its expansive country with rural areas has speeds, on average, of 7Mpbs.

We may also be ranked low in price per Mbps too.  Japan, the highest ranking in speed has package of about $30 per month for 50Mps.  We pay about $20 for 1Mbps and from $30 - $40 a month for 4Mbps speeds.
You can check to see how your speed checks out compared to other nations at speedmatters.org.

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