One thing I noticed about US is how bad Internet in general is (and expensive) compare to EU/Russia. You'd think in US Internet would be top notch everywhere, but for example fiber isn't even accessible in TX. Google started implementing fiber in Austin, yet when I lived there, I had no idea what the coverage was - anywhere I inquired about it (affluent and less affluent areas) management said there was no access to Google Fiber. Total nonsense and I don't think Trump will make it any better 
Most of the US is empty across the whole country vs most other countries. One guy I worked with from Poland said if it wasn't for Hitler decimating most of Europe & a good chunk of populated SU, Europe/Russia would have an infrastructure older then the US. President Clinton claimed in '99 that all the US would have high speed broadband within 4 years and it still hasn't happened. It's not worth the $$ to invest in. Satellite would be the best option for non-direct line customers if the usage terms weren't so restrictive (I've been told it's getting better since I ditched it).
But, since ~1/3 to 1/2 of the US population is in metro areas, give them what they want & screw the other 95% of the landmass, that's what happened.
From the stats I've read, ~85% of all US citizens have/user internet access in some way though, so the lack of faster then dialup isn't stopping usage.
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