Warning, this article on Android (Chrome) redirects to a fake Amazon page after ~10-15s read time which adivertises "you have won a free iPhone 7" and hijacks the "back" button.<p>I'm not surprised Yahoo went downhill when such crap passes through the ad quality controls.
I'd say that's reasonable considering it's the fourth largest country in land area and its population is spread much more evenly than Canada or Russia. And despite this, the article says the availability ranking is #4.
I live in Manhattan, on the Upper East Side, a fairly upscale neighborhood. I struggle to reach 12mbps with T-Mobile. There are sections of the NYC subway where I hit 40mbps. The vast difference in LTE quality even in such a dense market as New York City amazes me. You'd think the number of subscribers per square foot would mean there would be a tower on every block.
Let's not talk about the lack of Fios...
LTE follows "scout's honor" model of self-certification. You can get your mostly-3G backhaul to show LTE on customer's screens if you so please.