U.S. Drops to #9 in World Wide Internet Speeds

[EChondo]

http://www.xconomy.com/national/2013/07/23/were-number-9-u-s-slips-in-internet-connection-ranking/

 

 

The U.S. dropped one place from the previous quarter, to ninth overall, at 8.6 megabits per second. Sweden now takes eighth place with an average connection speed of 8.9 megabits per second (mobile networks were not included).

 

 

Canada is at 7.8Mbps, so you mounties aren't that far away :P

 

OT: I am not surprised we lowered in rank, but I wish I could have seen this before the whole Google Fiber thing came about. Without it, we could have been lower, and I mean way lower.

 

If you wish to see a map, here you go. Just scroll down and pick a measurement from the drop down menu above the map. Then select "Average Connection Speed"

[SSOB]

Woot netherlands is better than US TAKE THAT!

[Worth]

Fail, US; I feel ashamed in my country.

[Cacao]

We are the best western country, wohoo! :D

I still hate the fact that I could have 150mbit fibre for the EXACT same price (69$/month) I pay for 20mbit if I lived 10m down the road :/

[EChondo]

We are the best western country, wohoo! :D

I still hate the fact that I could have 150mbit fibre for the EXACT same price (69$/month) I pay for 20mbit if I live 10m down the road :/

 

Well there aren't a lot of countries to compete with. Canada is the only one relatively close.

 

Not really a fair competition.

[SSOB]

We are the best western country, wohoo! :D

I still hate the fact that I could have 150mbit fibre for the EXACT same price (69$/month) I pay for 20mbit if I lived 10m down the road :/

You can contact your ISP and tell them to fix it..

[Cacao]

You can contact your ISP and tell them to fix it..

This 150mbit is offered by another ISP, but their cables don't reach to our house, so we have to wait until the next time they do some expansion. We have contacted many times, all we can do is wait :(

[dlf]

Fail, US; I feel ashamed in my country.

 

You weren't before? I think it's utter crap that not every region, state, city, place has at lest some sort of internet connection even 56k, I think it's even more bull that those places that do have "reasonable" internet may have as low as 350 KB/s (3Mb/s) . ..

[SSOB]

This 150mbit is offered by another ISP, but their cables don't reach to our house, so we have to wait until the next time they do some expansion. We have contacted many times, all we can do is wait :(

:(

[WildTurtle]

WHY CANADA WHY
Reason why i pay $85 a month for 100 down 5 up ._.
Cant wait to pay $115 for 250 down and 15 up when its available in my area, which they told me the ETA was about 5 months ago.

[Cacao]

Well there aren't a lot of countries to compete with. Canada is the only one relatively close.

Not really a fair competition.

<--- I'm talking about Switzerland... Are we not a western country? :D

[Night]

Merica. Lol, failing.

[brownninja97]

not suprised UK isnt there, with all the plusnet ads boasting about the extreme 1mbps and there 8mbps optic fibre. thats crazy and yes thats bits not bytes,

[Wferr]

Noo merica! with  noo good isp except for google and a few small ones.

[Mac69]

i dont care where irelandss rankeed i got 100Mb internet for over a year. the crappy 8Mb in the countryside is holing us back

[N7_Zer0]

WHY CANADA WHY

Reason why i pay $85 a month for 100 down 5 up ._.

Cant wait to pay $115 for 250 down and 15 up when its available in my area, which they told me the ETA was about 5 months ago.

 

I wanted to go with Novus fiber but they're pretty much limited to the Downtown area. <_<

 

http://www.novusnow.ca/internet/

 

300Mbps / 15Mbps (1TB cap) for $103

[typetheed]

I only have 3Mbps down and 1Mbps up :(

[EChondo]

<--- I'm talking about Switzerland... Are we not a western country? :D

To me, you're Eastern :P

 

Depends on the POV I guess!

[Purple]

I'm glad my internet speed is "above average"

 

30 down 10 up 

[MdX MaxX]

Hmm, I thought the US was like 17th or something like that.  The fiber must be helping.

[Duluxdoggy]

not suprised UK isnt there, with all the plusnet ads boasting about the extreme 1mbps and there 8mbps optic fibre. thats crazy and yes thats bits not bytes,

 

 

My plusnet fiber runs pretty sweet. 

[mgsstar]

According to http://www.netindex.com/ HK is first but on this its 3rd. So which one is more accurate? lol

[brownninja97]

 

My plusnet fiber runs pretty sweet. 

how much do you per month?

[sof006]

BT in the UK offers 160 and soon 200Mb internet. My area got fibre optics in september last year. Might upgrade from ADSL soon.

[SKOONJar]

US needs to get there shit together people are paying way less in other countries for internet WAY faster.