internet, usa

maybe somebody can explain to me why the usa is so far behind the world in the speed of the internet... the following test speeds come from millions of users all over the world using the free website speedtest.net...

Top Countries by Download Speed
1. 23.69 Mb/s Korea, Republic of
2. 16.89 Mb/s Japan
3. 15.71 Mb/s Latvia
4. 15.61 Mb/s Aland Islands
5. 14.41 Mb/s Romania
6. 14.32 Mb/s Lithuania
7. 14.24 Mb/s Sweden
8. 13.57 Mb/s Netherlands
9. 13.24 Mb/s Bulgaria
10. 12.70 Mb/s Andorra
11. 11.54 Mb/s Moldova, Republic of
12. 10.23 Mb/s Hong Kong
13. 10.00 Mb/s Portugal
14. 9.91 Mb/s Slovakia

29. 7.36 Mb/s United States

Top Countries by Upload Speed
1. 9.27 Mb/s Lithuania
2. 8.03 Mb/s Japan
3. 6.21 Mb/s Latvia
4. 6.10 Mb/s Bulgaria
5. 5.75 Mb/s Aland Islands
6. 5.53 Mb/s Hong Kong
7. 5.40 Mb/s Romania
8. 5.22 Mb/s Sweden
9. 5.22 Mb/s Andorra
10. 5.11 Mb/s Slovenia
11. 4.79 Mb/s Russian Federation
12. 3.54 Mb/s Moldova, Republic of
13. 3.47 Mb/s Korea, Republic of
14. 3.41 Mb/s Netherlands

30. 1.69 Mb/s United States

the best i can get is about 2.1 MB/s and my average is under 1 Mb/s... for $70 a month... isn't that special...