A lot of people like to point to Europe or Japan or something, but an example
of how much easier it is for them is Germany who has a population of 80
million people in a land mass the size of Montana.
Take Norway. One of the least densely populated territory in the world: 15.5
inhabitants/km² (35 in the USA) but one of the country with the greatest
Internet connectivity: 96.3% of the population was connected to Internet in
2014 (73% in the USA), with the third best average speed in 2015: 18.8 Mb/s
(8.7 in the USA). The average cost for a 10 Mb/s connection (with unlimited
data) is below US$ 40/month.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_Norway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_Europe_by_number_of_Internet_users
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Internet_connection_speeds#Akamai_Q4_2015_global_average_connection_speeds_rankings
https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_result.jsp?country=Norway
Norway was one of the first country that adopted Net neutrality guidelines,
in early 2009:
http://eng.nkom.no/technical/internet/net-neutrality/net-neutrality/_attachment/9222
