IF THE BIG BROADBAND PROVIDERS ARE IN THE RIGHT...

(h/t arstechnica)

then why can't they tell the truth about the quality American internet service? The top executives at 28 broadband firms signed a letter to the FCC which included this whopper:

For more than a decade, America’s broadband companies(including companies that depend on the broadband ecosystem)have worked to ensure that their customers can enjoy access to world-class broadband services consistent with the Commission’s clearly articulated core Internet freedoms.

Here's the truth from a Boston Globe article that appeared last December:

The World Economic Forum ranks the United States 35th out of 148 countries in Internet bandwidth, a measure of available capacity. Other studies rank the United States anywhere from 14th to 31st in average connection speed.