Reality check – Americans like their broadband service

By George Ou - With over 40 million broadband homes since 2008 with more than 6 Mbps of connectivity, one would expect that there would be more applications that require and thrive at 6 Mbps. There are such applications, but they either involve 99% piracy or they involve premium services where consumers have to pay additional fees to the content provider.

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