I live in Pasadena, CA, in the middle of LA county, one of the most populous in the USA and I have the following choices for maximal bandwidth:

AT&T DSL at 6Mbps/1.5Mbps for $40/mo Charter Cable at 60Mbps/?Mbps for $100/mo

I think both plans have caps, though I've never hit them. Charter wouldn't tell me their upload speeds and demanded I give them my SSN so I went with ATT.

The United States does not care about its economic future. It cares about keeping the next quarter's profits up for the corrupt telecom cartel that's turned bribing local governments into a science.