The U.S. ranks 28th in internet speed, and not getting any faster.

[Terjyn]

Originally Posted by SellmeyourDVD

According to the CWA report, the fastest download speeds in the United States are in the northeastern parts of the country while the slowest are in states such as Alaska, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.

This is the core paragraph of the article.

The reason the average speed is slow, is because there are very large parts of the US which are rural and have dialup if anything. Notice that NONE of the top speed providers are large countries. Instead they are smaller countries which pretty much don't have rural areas anymore, or have rural areas without anyone really living there.

Which brings me back to the above quote. The fastest part of the US is the northeast, and the northeast is one giant metropolis. The states of Alaska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana are amongst the ones with the largest rural/urban ratio in the US.

If you rank country wealth vs. Urban/Rural ratio I'd bet you get nearly this exact list.

There is no realistic scenario at all that would have the US in the top 10 of average internet speeds. Even government intervention would not do it.