Broadband has been Americaâs greatest infrastructure success story â modern, reliable, and passed the stress-test of soaring demand from COVID lockdown with flying colors. Its success stands in stark contrast to government-run infrastructure â water, sewer, transportation â which in many places is in a state of disrepair. It also stands in contrast to broadband in Europe, where regulators opted for government-managed pseudo-competition, as networks struggled and strained and had to be throttled when demand surged. As the University of Pennsylvaniaâs Christopher Yoo reported: âBetween 2010 and 2016, American providers invested on average annually 2.35 times as much per household as their European counterparts. This allowed the average U.S. household to consume more than three times as much data as the average European household in 2017, according to Cisco. This is a significant jump over the 44 percent difference between U.S. and Europe that existed a decade ago.â