We're Number 9! US Broadband Speeds Rise, But Slower Than Many Other Countries'

Posted by timothy on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @04:26AM from the because-public-utilities-are-always-awesome dept.

curtwoodward writes "The United States of America: The greatest country in the world, the last superpower, born of divine providence. Unless you're trying to connect to the Internet. The latest State of the Internet Report from network optimization company Akamai shows that the US has slipped in the global rankings of average connection speed, despite nearly 30 percent of yearly growth. That puts ol' Uncle Sam behind such economic powerhouses as Latvia and the Czech Republic. Oh, and we pay more, too. Is it finally time to shake up the ISP market and make Internet connections a public utility, on par with electricity and water? Or will edge projects like Google Fiber make a dent soon?" For those who favor the idea of Internet service as a government-run utility, what do you see as the best-case scenario for such a system?

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Re:My rating... by Falco54 · 2013-07-23 05:04 · Score: -1, Troll

What!?! Someone implying the government could be part of the problem and not the solution? -1!
Re:TVA by g0bshiTe · 2013-07-23 07:45 · Score: -1, Troll

Last year at Christmas time I had to replace a string of lights cause one went out and rather than search for the one of 150 I just purchased a new set, can I thank TVA engineers for that?

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