New actions by President Obama could make the speed of the Internet for the consumer faster, states a White House release.

The accompanying video, seen above, has the president speaking from inside the Oval Office and showing the various speeds of broadband connections around the world displayed in a graphic on his iPad. (That is, of course, if you can download the video fast enough, as was joked about in the release.)

The graphic shows that the fastest broadband speeds can be found in the international cities of Seoul, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Paris. Stateside, only three American cities, and smaller ones at that, can boast of similar speeds -- Cedar Falls, IA, Kansas City, MO, and Chattanooga, TN.

Why is that? Obama explains that it is the result of the people of these cities coming together and making "strategic investments for their citizens and businesses."

Curiously, bigger cities, like Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, all fall to the bottom of the list for Internet speeds.

So, if the smaller towns that have obtained better broadband did so by collectively making an investment in themselves, is a federal executive action needed to bring the same to other cities?

According to President Obama, the answer is a resounding, "Yes."

The president concludes with an offering of "good news:"

There's some steps we can take, through executive actions, that allow us to make sure that every community can do what Cedar Falls is doing.