United States Broadband speed ranks 12th according to SpeedTest Global Index
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Re: United States Broadband speed ranks 12th according to SpeedTest Global Index
#2I often see people commenting on the poor quality of America’s internet compared to European countries, but how much of that is due to the physical size of America? I imagine it’s much more difficult to build out a larger network especially when many parts of America are not very populated.
Re: United States Broadband speed ranks 12th according to SpeedTest Global Index
#3I often see people commenting on the poor quality of America’s internet compared to European countries, but how much of that is due to the physical size of America? I imagine it’s much more difficult to build out a larger network especially when many parts of America are not very populated.
Looking at the countries above the USA... They all mostly have one thing in common, their populace lives almost entirely within a few primary concentrated areas. It is much easier to build out the infrastructure to only support a handful of major cities which certainly helps raise the average.
edit: I want to make it clear that I think the fact that I can get gigabit internet in a town of 300k smack in the center of "flyover country" is absolutely amazing. I think that the USA competes with these other countries despite the size disadvantage is nothing short of astounding.
Re: United States Broadband speed ranks 12th according to SpeedTest Global Index
#4It’ll be curious to see how this progresses with Starlink.
Re: United States Broadband speed ranks 12th according to SpeedTest Global Index
#5I often see people commenting on the poor quality of America’s internet compared to European countries, but how much of that is due to the physical size of America? I imagine it’s much more difficult to build out a larger network especially when many parts of America are not very populated.
Looking at the countries above the USA... They all mostly have one thing in common, their populace lives almost entirely within a few primary concentrated areas. It is much easier to build out the infrastructure to only support a handful of major cities which certainly helps raise the average. edit: I want to make it clear that I think the fact that I can get gigabit internet in a town of 300k smack in the center of…
The top 3 - Singapore, Hong Kong (SAR), and Monaco - are smaller than Rhode Island, the smallest state - even when you add them together.
Re: United States Broadband speed ranks 12th according to SpeedTest Global Index
#6I often see people commenting on the poor quality of America’s internet compared to European countries, but how much of that is due to the physical size of America? I imagine it’s much more difficult to build out a larger network especially when many parts of America are not very populated.
Looking at the countries above the USA... They all mostly have one thing in common, their populace lives almost entirely within a few primary concentrated areas. It is much easier to build out the infrastructure to only support a handful of major cities which certainly helps raise the average. edit: I want to make it clear that I think the fact that I can get gigabit internet in a town of 300k smack in the center of…
I live in Baltimore - could certainly be considered a city - internet speed is appalling even with "business service".
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#7I'm looking for 10-25Mbps for under $30/mo.
Re: United States Broadband speed ranks 12th according to SpeedTest Global Index
#8I often see people commenting on the poor quality of America’s internet compared to European countries, but how much of that is due to the physical size of America? I imagine it’s much more difficult to build out a larger network especially when many parts of America are not very populated.
Looking at the countries above the USA... They all mostly have one thing in common, their populace lives almost entirely within a few primary concentrated areas. It is much easier to build out the infrastructure to only support a handful of major cities which certainly helps raise the average. edit: I want to make it clear that I think the fact that I can get gigabit internet in a town of 300k smack in the center of…
Yup, but I wonder why there were bandwidth issues in Europe when the pandemic first started (video streaming services started throttling bitrate very aggressively in Europe) but there were no issues in the United States.
Perhaps the last mile average is slow but the overall infrastructure and backbone is more robust in the US (this would make sense historically as well)
Re: United States Broadband speed ranks 12th according to SpeedTest Global Index
#9It’ll be curious to see how this progresses with Starlink.
Re: United States Broadband speed ranks 12th according to SpeedTest Global Index
#10It’s hard to tell if these results hold any meaning or not. Where did the numbers come from? Are these just averages from their users? If so, I’d imagine a huge selection bias pushing these numbers up. Are these households only or do they include data centers? I’m betting the US has a higher density of servers per capita than most countries.
Using the median or including standard deviation seems like the only way to approach an even slightly useful picture.