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US ranks 28th in Internet connection speed: report
- From: Brian Warkoczeski
- Date: Wed Aug 26 10:14:22 2009
US ranks 28th in Internet connection speed: report
Aug 25, 2009
www.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States ranks 28th in the world in average
Internet connection speed and is not making significant progress in
building a faster network, according to a report released on Tuesday.
The report by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) said the
average download speed in South Korea is 20.4 megabits per second (mbps)
-- four times faster than the US average of 5.1 mbps.
Japan trails South Korea with an average of 15.8 mbps followed by Sweden
at 12.8 mbps and the Netherlands at 11.0 mbps, the report said.
It said tests conducted by speedmatters.org found the average US
download speed had improved by only nine-tenths of a megabit per second
between 2008 and 2009 -- from 4.2 mbps to 5.1 mbps.
For rest of the article, see:
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090825/tc_afp/ustelecombroadbanditinternet_20090825230334
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