Yes its True that Akamai; US Straggle in Broadband Speed 

The Akamai study, which logs connections from millions of Akamai customers, found the Usa saw an average rate of 15.3 Mbps, placing the state in sixteenth area. The US ranked 22 in relation to typical peak broadband speed of 67.8 Mbps.

The US’ fairly poor position is thanks to several variables, not least of which being geography and an entire lack of competition in the marketplace, both of which have resulted in a substantial quantity of last-generation DSL customers telcos have little incentive to update.

America really do notably worse when it comes to typical cellular connection speeds, clocking in at 5.1 Mbps — behind countries such as Turkey, Kenya, and Paraguay. Previous studies have clocked the US at approximately 55th for typical LTE connection speed. Those who place stock in positions should not feel too poorly yet, as the United States is the number one source state for internet strikes aimed at retailers, and came in second in the rank of DDoS attack origin states.

The Akamai report also offers up some fascinating state-by-state comparisons of broadband speed, noting that first place is held by Washington DC for typical fixed line broadband connection speed at 24 Mbps. That is in marked comparison to Kentucky, which found itself in last place in nearly all the state positions.