Price of the Pipe

The speed and price of a broadband connection are two important details about a broadband service that vary greatly between different countries. In comparing prices and speeds of broadband services around the globe, we find that the United States is among the most expensive and slowest of the countries surveyed in this report. Price is one of the main barriers to adoption,[1] and prices for broadband in the U.S. are on the rise.[2] Major steps need to be taken to bridge the speed and price disparities separating the U.S. from other industrialized countries.