Though the Internet was invented at DARPA, the United States has much slower Internet service at much higher prices than than the rest of the world. That is inexcusable. The US should be #1 in both.
The primary reason for this is lack of competition in the market. Wired service is dominated by local cable and telephone monopolies. Most users are lucky if they have more than once choice for service. Wireless service is dominated by only four providers, which might soon become only three.
To solve this we should adapt a model similar to what they have in the UK. Providers there are forced to lease their infrastructure to anyone at a reasonable cost. As a result, they have a multitude of choices for service at very high speeds and very low prices.