Here is a neat chart showing average Internet speed available across a range of countries and the cost for Interent service at that rated speed in each. Unfortunately the U.S. isn't in the top ten for either metric. We can do better and have to if we want to compete. For those who make fun of France their average speed is triple that of the U.S. at half the cost. Last laugh.

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