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American consumers pay 10 to 25 times more per megabit than users in Japan. Also, average speed of broadband in the U.S. has not increased in the past five years; consumers in France and South Korea have residential broadband connections 10 to 20 times higher than in the U.S. Further, the official FCC definition of broadband (at least 200 kbps in one direction) is considered outdated and inadequate by many experts.
(Heather E. Hudson. The Future of Universal Service Fund Support for Organizations:
Schools, Libraries and Rural Health Care Providers. Benton Foundation. January 2007.)