France had usable networked computers everywhere long before the us did (it was called minitel)
Over on the UK my local Telco (not BT) was doing video on demand over copper ~2000, they where also one of the first to switch a fully packet switched internal backbone (so successfully other telcos came to look at how they did it).
We had chip and pin a decade before the US.
Our median internet connection is better.
Is the US the world leader sure, always ahead..not so much.
We are more on the expensive of Europe. My subscription is pretty cheap though.
200Mbps in the entire country would be around 55€ ( internet only)
Europe has 4 of top 5 of the fastest broadband countries in the works.
Romania (#5 in speed), goes as low as 7€/month.
Also, I'm pretty sure that the richest in Romania has a much higher income than the poorest in America. But they still pay the same price.
Ps. What if you reference it with social health care in Romania vs US. Not everybody works, you know.
10Gbps domestically is insane though, that's pushing 100TB a day!.