Report: Our ISPs may be slow, but at least they’re honest
When it comes to broadband the US lags seriously behind a lot of nations, but they don’t advertise more than what you get here. The low speeds we achieve, the lack of full penetration, and the sluggishness of our ISPs will add up to longer term ennui for our economy if they are not tackled in the next five years.
But keep in mind that this is not a ranking of top speeds, just the most honestly advertised ones. When it comes to actual broadband speeds, Ookla ranks the US pretty low. We come in at number 30 on the download speed index, with a “rolling mean” (average over the last 30 days) of 10.13 Mbps… just below Russia, Slovakia, and Lichtenstein.
South Korea tops the list at 35.70 Mbps, while Iran, Nepal, Zimbabwe, and Bolivia finish off the table at less than .6—a mere half megabit per second.