U.S. Lags OECD Peers in Key Broadband Indicators

New OECD data shows the U.S. continues to trail many of its industrialized peers in most indicators of broadband penetration, coverage and service.

Among the startling data, the United States has only 26.4 fixed broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants; ranking 15 among the OECD's 31 member countries, behind France, Canada, Germany and eleven others.

America's fiber broadband network also lags its peers. While fiber comprises over half of all broadband connections in Japan and South Korea, fiber accounts for only five percent of broadband connections in the United States.

The OECD's data on the state of broadband in OECD countries gives statistics from December of 2009.

To view full OECD broadband data, click here.

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