This episode looks at how the United States compares to other countries around the world when it comes to internet speed Affordability and access. We also cover which country has the worlds best Internet access, and how it came to be worlds ahead of most other countries.
We then analyze the state of Internet in the U.S. and try to understand how our current Internet Infrastructure arrived at the situation it’s in today. Is there anything we could do to improve Access in the United States? Listen and find out.
Links mentioned in this episode are below.
FCC’s Fifth International Broadband Data Report
2016 Q1 ISP U.S. Subscribers by Company
Comcast give Customers the run around in Chicago
Akamai Q4 2015 State of the Internet Report
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