The U.S. is Catching up in Internet Connection Speeds
There is no reason to believe that key Asian regions will be surrendering their leading position in Broadband connections anytime soon.
South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan are still leading the world, while the U.S. is getting closer to the top 10.
According to Akamai's State of the Internet report for Q2, South Korea topped the list of average Internet connection speeds with 15.7 Mbps, followed by Japan with 10.9 Mbps and Hong Kong with 9.3 Mbps. The U.S. landed at #12 with 6.7 Mbps, which, however, is more than twice the global average of 2.6 Mbps, and grew by 17 percent from Q1 and by 25 percent year over year. In both cases, the U.S. speed increase was faster than the global average, which jumped by 14 percent and 25 percent, respectively.
The U.S. is listed at eighth for average peak connection speeds. Akamai said that the average user in the U.S. now has a maximum of 28.7 Mbps available - 39 percent more than a year ago. Leading the charge is Hong Kong with 49.3 Mbps. South Korea is second with 47.8 Mbps and Japan came in third with 39.5 Mbps.

we might just pay more, i have a peak around 25Mb and after taxes and all internet aloen runs $80 that is peak though through comcast where they let you use your full connection for like 2 min to fool internet speed checks then drop me down to 3-4 Mb/s because they don't want to improve thier networks, they only want peopel to think they have
No surprise
Fixed, thanks! I will add that some companys doesn't even give you a full Mb. They give you 100 KB/s instead of 128 KB/s. People doesn't really know any better.
Cincinnati Bell is hoping to be off copper in all high-density areas within the next 3-5 years. That is a lot of people every month being moved up (whether they can afford it or not) simply because the cheaper/slower internet is no longer available, and there are a ton of other phone companies following the same type of time-line.
I am all for progress, but I work with low income families directly affected by this, and for them it is a rather raw deal.
I'm not that concerned about USA having the fastest speed in the planet but having reliable services everywhere. At least 5Mb available and accessible to each and every corner. That will be an accomplishment.
When I went to college in the US I had comcast and even though their customer service was really bad I was getting constantly 15Mb/s which was their standard package although it wouldnt be hard to believe comcast doing such a thing as slowing your conection down. Now back in Argentina I am paying for 3Mb/s $36usd but I never receive more than 2.5Mb/s not to mention the constant disconnections.
Ouch that is expensive. In my country with that price tag I can get 100 mbps optical fiber connection an still have a few bucks to spare.
fixed!!
My mother get's her DSL from AT&T the extreme package is like 6.0 Mbps, special price of $19.95 for a year or something like that. I've had my laptop over there and speeds are very consistent. Averaging 650 KB/sec give or take some. The max I've seen it hit was 730 KB/sec or so.
That's the thing I like about DSL it's always consistent and rarely slows down like cable when there is heavy usage in the neighborhood.
There. I Fixed it!