OUR WEB IS SLOWER THAN YOURS

So I just read this report commissioned by the Communications Workers of America that stated that the in the U.S. our high-speed internet access is slower than other industrialized nations.
Apparently the USA's median download speed is 1.97 megabits per second.....only a fraction of what some other industrialized countries are enjoying. In Japan the median download speed is 61 megabits per second, in South Korea its 45 megabits per second, in France its 17 megabits per second...and our neighbor to the north, Canada, enjoys 7 megabits per second. The article doesn't exactly outline a way to correct our slow speeds but it does state that "broadband speed is a function of network capacity. The more capacity you have, the more speed you can deliver."

- Honestly, I'm not really shocked at these findings. The USA seems to be falling farther and farther behind, while other nations pass us by. Pretty soon, Canada's going to own us....sometimes, well oftn...I think they'd do a better job than we are, lol.