Why is American internet so slow?
The country that literally invented the internet is now behind Estonia in terms of download speeds
http://theweek.com/article/index/257404/why-is-american-internet-so-slow
I have been complaining about how the US has been rapidly turning into a third-world country, this is just more evidence…
According to a recent study by Ookla Speedtest, the U.S. ranks a shocking 31st in the world in terms of average download speeds. The leaders in the world are Hong Kong at 72.49 Mbps and Singapore on 58.84 Mbps. And America? Averaging speeds of 20.77 Mbps, it falls behind countries like Estonia, Hungary, Slovakia, and Uruguay.
Its upload speeds are even worse. Globally, the U.S. ranks 42nd with an average upload speed of 6.31 Mbps, behind Lesotho, Belarus, Slovenia, and other countries you only hear mentioned on Jeopardy.
Somewhat ironic to me, the best solution presented in the article is _increased_ regulation. It seems the ‘deregulation’ has been done in such a way to guarantee that there will be little to no competition, so much like health care, we pay the most for the worst. While deregulation in the airlines has been successful (at least on a ticket price basis; the price we pay today is a small fraction of the inflation adjusted price we paid prior to deregulation, though I am sure most would not consider us ahead on the experience (though I must say, pre-911 I was for the most part happy with the experience, except for the lack of leg room)), it quite plausible that it has had the opposite effect in telecommunication. How much of that is because our government is owned outright by the billionaires that own the telecoms is another issue…
