> During peak hours, U.S. actual
download speeds were 96% of what was advertised,
compared to Europe where consumers received only
74% of advertised download speeds. The U.S. also
fared better in terms of latency and packet loss.
That last stat is totally useless - I'd much rather get 75% of my the advertised speed on my unlimited 75Mbit/$20 connection than 100% of my capped 20Mbit/$40 connection.
The report you link to is unfortunately also woefully outdated, it's from 2014 using data from 2011.
I haven't seen more recent studies on this, but as of 2014, U.S. providers were less overprovisioned than ones in Europe: https://www.law.upenn.edu/live/files/3352
> During peak hours, U.S. actual download speeds were 96% of what was advertised, compared to Europe where consumers received only 74% of advertised download speeds. The U.S. also fared better in terms of latency and packet loss.