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American Broadband Speed Slower Than Abroad

First Posted: 03/28/08 03:44 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 01:10 PM ET

Jupiter Research:

At least when it comes to broadband, according to a report conducted by Speed Matters for the Communications Workers of America. They claim we fall behind many industrialized nations when it comes to the speed of our broadband connections:

"The national median download speed was 1.9 megabits per second (mbps), which looks positively sluggish compared to other countries. In France the median download speed is 17 mbps. In South Korea it's 45 mbps. And in Japan it's a scorching 61 mbps."


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