Most people in the United States can't get a decent Internet connection. That seems like a simple enough problem, but there is no easy solution. To make matters more confusing, most information floating around about broadband availability is confusing and contradictory. A lot needs to be sorted out before we get decent connections at an affordable price. Take the National Broadband Map. Many of us in the industry define true broadband as a symmetric connection with at least 100 megabits per second (Mbps). If you believe the National Broadband map, 97% of North Carolina (where I live) has access to 100 Mbps. Yet, almost no one that I know either in North Carolina or across the United States can download at at that speed.
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