The Speed Matters project, a survey of USA broadband speeds by the Communications Workers of America (CWA), has released its third annual report. The study found that average real-world download speeds in the USA stood at 5.1Mbps, ranking the country 28th in the world, which of course means that the UK's lowly 4.1Mbps (original news) is even further behind.


The CWA study also found that the average USA upload speed was 1.1Mbps. In South Korea, the average download speed is 20.4Mbps, or four times faster than the U.S. The U.S. trails Japan at 15.8Mbps, Sweden at 12.8Mbps, the Netherlands at 11.0Mbps, and 24 other countries that have faster broadband.


The results of the report are based on the last-mile connection speed of over 413,000 Internet users who took the online test between May 2008 and May 2009. Well it's nice to know that we're not the only country with rubbish broadband speeds.