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That speedtest graph in the article is a great example of why averaging statistics is often a bad idea. The US fixed broadband mean is ~120mbps, but the median
by gok 7y ago
That speedtest graph in the article is a great example of why averaging statistics is often a bad idea. The US fixed broadband mean is ~120mbps, but the median is more like ~70 mbps [1]. A few people with gigabit-ish connections are hiding the many people stuck with crappy sub-25 mbps connections.
[1] https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/reports/measuring-broadband-america/measuring-fixed-broadband-eighth-report#_Toc427484591 https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/reports/measuring-broad...
- Nimitz14 7y agoYeah I checked the source out: https://www.speedtest.net/global-index https://www.speedtest.net/global-index And the UK is 50th... I feel it should be higher than Germany.