U.S. lags behind other nations in broadband speeds

By Linda Rosencrance, Computerworld
June 25, 2007
The report, based on aggregated data from nearly
80,000 broadband users, found that the median real-time download speed in the U.S. is 1.9 Mbps, compared with 61Mbps in Japan, 45Mbps in South Korea, 17Mbps in France, and 7Mbps in Canada.