The original use of broadband in the United States is also expensive and slow

The United States has created the largest number of social networking sites in the world and has the largest number of video sites. However, the speed of the country’s network is not at the forefront of the world, and even users have to pay more than a number of areas.


To investigate this issue, the NewAmerica Foundation has compared the speed and cost of multiple cities in the United States with multiple cities in Europe and Asia.

The actual situation is as shown in the figure above. With the speed of 25 Mbps as the standard, monthly broadband fees in London, Seoul, Paris, and Tokyo are lower than those of major cities in the United States. Kansas City is the fastest and cheapest city in the United States, but it is only ranked seventh. The cost of broadband in New York and San Francisco is twice that of London and Seoul.

There may be a question here why Kansas City, an unknown small city, has become the best area for broadband construction in the United States, thanks to Google. As early as 2012, Google began to try to deploy its own fiber services, of which Kansas City was the first area covered. Local users only need to pay $70 a month to get Gigabit fiber broadband.

After Google became a broadband provider, it further exposed the problems of US network operators. Lack of competition, market monopolies, and lack of motivation for operators to improve services are the main reasons why U.S. broadband is expensive and slow. As more Internet companies join broadband, these problems have gradually been resolved.

Some people may care, why didn't you see the cities of mainland China on this list? Don't forget that this is a survey that US research institutions have exposed their own problems and should be aligned with good areas, isn't it?