Why Internet Access Is Slow And Costly In The U.S.

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1. Wow I pay $65 a month for 950mbps upload and download. And have never seen my speeds below 750mbps for the last 2 years

2. People in third world countries: We are a joke to u?

3. Dear Senator Joe Manchin,
   Rural America wants an infrastructure bill.
   Regards,
   West Virginia

4. "I seen it dip to 1M/sec …" I'd be jumping for joy if I get 1M/sec steadly.

5. More rigging of the economy by imposing a condition in return for approving a merger is not a free market solution.

   These companies have stolen billions in taxpayer subsidies and provided nothing in return. They engage in criminal fraud with impunity. So what will the government do when the promised low cost option is eliminated a day after the merger?

   The answer must be an unequivocal "no" to any merger when there is not enough competition.

   When Google attempted to enter the market, established companies did everything they could to prevent it. They were abetted by congress.

   The only way the laws are enforced is when a congressman is personally affected by companies shut down their account, or a bribe is paid. They can call it anything they want. Just because North Korea has democracy in its name doesn't make it a democracy. And just because Congress won't shut tf up about the US being a free market doesn't make it one.

6. What frustrates me about this country is so many things are fixable but it’s always stonewalled. Think of the skills gap that could be filled just by having reliable internet. We could fill so many more jobs.

7. The UK govt spent £5.5B to help ISPs get the fibre optic infrastructure to rural areas. I pay about £35 for a 220 mbps download speed.

8. Telecom companies don't want a free market – we need government to enforce the free market in this case and foster competition

9. I'd be happy if I had 1 Mbps. Lol Americans are spoilt.

10. Comcast not responding to CNBC is so hilarious ?

11. I'm from India. My Internet speed is 100 Mbps. I pay approx.12 dlr/month.

12. I live at an apartment where there is only Spectrum. My first year bill was 55 which is not bad for the performance. After a year it turn to 70 , and customer service tell me it going to go up 20 again after another year. It not even fast

13. The NBN in Australia is gov owned fibre infrastructure that ISPs can all rent bandwith on to provide their services to customers.

    It is far from perfect, it has been far more expensive and time consuming than they ever estimated, and you will find no shortage of Australians that will criticise it.

    That being said, in the past decade I have watched Aus go from DSL to mostly Fibre. A huge number of rural communities now have access to atleast 25mb/s. Its not great, but its enough for a video call or to stream Netflix.

14. Starlink to rescue rural.

15. Unsa nalang sa Pilipinas

16. In Romania for 8$ you have 1 Gbps fiber, no limit

17. 6:52: Interesting that they split out Comcast and Xfinity.

18. Trade war, stupid policy, trade embargoes, boycott Huawei.

19. Hopefully starlink becomes compelling enough

20. Short answer: probably because we invented it. It's like "the cobbler's son wears no shoes" phenomenon.

21. Hire an audio engineer… sheesh. Use A COMPRESSOR on the audio so it's not jumping around so dynamically.

22. I feel bad for you guys.. This is not an issue in The Netherlands. You pay like 75€ a month for unlimited 600mbps download and 50 uploadspeed internet.

    You can also just lower your internet speed plan to lower the monthly costs

23. Move to Texas or Florida

24. It's because internet companies are an oligopoly. For a measly $1,000,000 donation (bribe) to Fed Congress members, they were able to lobby to prevent them from being regulated as a "utility."

25. I can’t hide the feeling anymore as your platform has given me so much reasons to believe in his work, he just send me a hack transfer of $10,000

26. Intellectwebs

27. Costs of the 20-year war on terror: $8 trillion and 900,000 deaths.

28. Is this a joke. I get 300mbps for $40 a month. Never dips below 260mbps and I can still increase my speed if I want for a little more money. Abroad, they are lucky if they get 15mbps.

29. I can’t believe we live in US and we have so bad service like that …..? Unbelievable

30. Can't know how I stopmed onto this. All in all GREAT clip ???. I also watched those similar from MStarTutorials and kinda wonder how you guys make these stuff. MSTAR TUTORIALS also had cool information about similiar make money online things on his channel.

31. When it comes to infrastructure, America fell behind these past two decades. We’re paying more and getting less

32. ? with 10 dollar we get 100mbps

33. In India:
    $5/month = 100 Megabits per sec Unlimited

    ?

34. For years my only internet access was through my phone as I was told if I wanted home internet I would have to pay $100 a month. I told them they can stick their $100 internet where the sun don't shine. One day a guy was going door to door trying to get all the houses to sign up for their outrages pricesed internet. I only finaly agreed when they dropped the price to $18 a month with their "they won't sign up unless we don't screw with them" plan.

    I think any internet company that has internet service that does not have composition the federal government can interfere with management all they want expecualy with higher management pay structure. I bet when the CEO and entire board of directers are informed that their pay will be dripping to $100,000 a year with zero stock options I bet they would start offering the competition to use their own equipment with a major discount just to enter their market.

    That's funny "our own parent company won't even talk with us on our news report"

35. The vocal fry from Claire Park is quite grating on the ears. Listen to the end of her sentences. If you know her, make her listen to herself and tell her to stop. Aaahhhh!!! ?

36. Why do people use comcast?

37. Crony Capitalism is ruling in America only 3 telecom providers where businesses compete that's when public benefits

38. Blame in on China the Russians, Trump or Men. Since everyone blames them. Women are never at all fault in 2021 do to Feminism, dating apps and social media? Bonus reason. It's a conspiracy ??

39. mine isnt pricey $100 a month for 1 Gig

40. I believe that the Ad Council (an iconic nonprofit) has an opportunity to shine by highlighting board members and publicized donors who mage significant investments in making high speed Internet access affordable.

41. What do you expect when you got five companies running the country and cut it between them? Congress is a joke; they should never allow mergers, so you can we competitions and choices. Regulation is a more excellent way of saying find another way to go around it. The internet services speed is a joke, and the price is very high for you to get in thE US. I lived in the EU, Turkey, Mexico, so I've some things to compare with. ALL I say is be an independent voter, so we all benefit from another party; now we’re all screwed. I meant the 99%.

42. People need to care more about stability and good ping, not just speed. No one wants to be disconnected in the middle of doing something, can’t stream well or play a game without getting lag

43. ………….because ISP pays a hefty sum of $$$$$$$ to lobyist in the House to ensure that they can continue to scam the public.

44. The entire premise of this is flawed. American's pay 0.5% of their income on broadband, which is a quarter of the 2.0% they paid for just telephone service 30 years ago. Value/Price has increased dramatically over the years. While access to high speed broadband remains too limited, telco companies are now all-in on fiber investments, despite extremely long payback cycles. Much of the proposals from the NGOs who were interviewed for this article would do very little to impact the first point, and actually be detrimental to driving additional investment in infrastructure.

45. I have AT&T and we recently upgraded to fiber for "40% faster internet!" but it feels 40% slower

46. this is astonishing since here in Kenya we are enjoying high speeds at low prices..

47. and here in third world country im paying 50$US for a fair use of 50mbps