CWA released its third annual Speed Matters study of internet speeds in the US today. CWA conducts the study to bring attention to the issue of Internet connectivity and to encourage elected officials to implement policies to guarantee every American access to all the promises of the Information Age and promote good, union jobs.

The results of nearly 413,000 real-time Internet connection speed tests show that the United States continues to lag behind other countries for average upload and download speeds.

The average download speed of U.S. Internet connections is 5.1 megabits per second, significantly below the averages of countries like South Korea (20.1 mbps), Japan (16 mbps) and Sweden (12.7 mbps). Click here to download the full study.