The U.S. Falling Behind In Broadband?

prostoalex writes "Michael J. Copps of the FCC has published a column in the Washington Post describing the United States' Internet disconnect as far as broadband: 'The United States is 15th in the world in broadband penetration, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). When the ITU measured a broader digital opportunity index (considering price and other factors) we were 21st — right after Estonia. Asian and European customers get home connections of 25 to 100 megabits per second (fast enough to stream high-definition video). Here, we pay almost twice as much for connections that are one-twentieth the speed.' To be fair in comparison, USA is 2nd in the world as far as number of broadband lines installed."

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Funny how they ignore population density

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Seems like every rating like this completely ignores the fact that the US has a significantly lower population density than nearly every nation above us on such lists. What's more, they also don't account for the ratio of rural to urban homes in nations.