Except...

This article, like so many before it, explains to us that the reason broadband speeds in the US suck is the lack of density, then undermines this explanation by telling us that broadband speeds in our urban areas are also slow.

In the United States, phone companies could have offered a faster tier of DSL service to urban apartment dwellers. But instead they chose to offer slower speeds that they could also offer in the suburbs, where most of the more affluent customers live.