U.S. Sees 10Mbps Jump in Average Broadband Speed

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Cover your eyes if you live way out in the boondocks or anywhere else where broadband Internet access is about as mythical as a unicorn, this might sting a little. It turns out the U.S. is seeing faster download speeds. According to data pulled from Ookla's Speedtest, the average download speed for broadband (not including mobile) in the U.S. is 33.9Mbps. That's up a full 10Mbps from April of 2014.
As Cord Cutters News points out, the recent surge in broadband is doing wonders for where the U.S. ranks in the world. It's no secret the U.S. trails several other territories, but the 10Mbps boost in the past year pushed the U.S. ahead of several others, including the U.K. (30.18Mbps), Germany (29.95Mbps), Spain (28.28Mbps), Russia (27.7Mbps), and Ireland (27.29Mbps).
That said, the U.S. ranks 27 out of 199 countries and still trails some others by a wide margin, particularly Japan at 60.49Mbps and South Korea at 84.31Mbps. And that's after factoring in Google's Fiber rollout to several different locations.
As for speeds stateside, Washington leads the way with an average broadband connection of 45.6Mbps, followed by Missouri (41.21Mbps), New York (40.86Mbps, California (40.8Mbps), and Utah (40.47Mbps.)
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