Average U.S. Upload Speed: 435kbps > The problem is simple.

The problem is simple.

But, I do pay for "Elite" speeds. I just don't get them...

reply to EPS
The problem is that the VAST majority of areas do not have the option of higher speeds. Add to that the fact that the other countries have the higher data rates at much lower prices than our slower data rates. For instance; in Japan a 20/20 connection is $45 a month(available in virtually any city in Japan). My 10/1 connection in St Louis is $60 a month. Now St. Louis is not exactly out in the boonies. The fastest connection I can get here at the house is 16/2.

Which is significantly faster than the average given by the CWA, isn't it?

reply to EPS
Excuse me who died and made you king.
If the majority deices that cheaper 768k is enough that who in the hell are to force higher speeds on them. What most likely happen is people will go back to dial-up or are going to advocate a law banning dial-up.

reply to EPS
Wow, force price increases for the sake of padding irrelevant stats. Price is still king. A vast majority of consumers don't care if they have 20 Mbps access so long as they can surf the web and check e-mail for as little $$ as possible. Cost is the key, not the throughput.

reply to EPS
You should never ask such facetious questions... some people just will not understand.

reply to Scatcatpdx
Of course we should ban dial-up. Those dial-up users are almost certainly throwing off the average, so if you banned dial-up and forced those users to get broadband, then our speedtest results would improve- and that's really what matters, isn't it?