The United States has not made significant improvement in the speeds at which residents connect to the Internet in the last year, according to a new report from the Communications Workers of America. Further, the U.S. is continuing to fall farther and farther behind other countries such as Japan, South Korea, Finland and France in terms of Internet speed. Plus, AT&T's latest attempt to hide its no-frills Internet service from consumers.

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