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US seated at number 28 in global Internet speed test
Delaware reportedly has the nation's fastest broadband speed at 9.9Mb/s -- nearly double the US average. Rhode Island came in at a close second with 9.79Mb/s, New Jersey at 8.86Mb/s, Massachusetts at 8.65Mb/s, and New York took fifth at 8.43Mb/s. Interestingly, California, home to industry bigwigs like Intel and Apple, positioned at number eleven with an average speed of 6.64Mb/s.
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands brought down the US average of 5.1Mb/s. The two territories scored the worst with average speeds of 1.04Mb/s and 1.19Mb/s. Montana ranked the worst as continental states go, averaging 2.32Mb/s. Not far behind is Alaska at 2.34Mb/s, Idaho at 2.57Mb/s, Wyoming at 2.6Mb/s, and Hawaii at 2.97Mb/s.
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JudaZ
on September 1, 2009 9:45 AM |
hmm I remeber someone betting me he could get faster broadband to a cheaper price in New York .. then I could in Sweden .... ...guess not (Even though I've already proved that I could get higher speeds then this user for 1/3 of the price ..and also getting higher speeds) .. ... |
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klepto12
on September 1, 2009 9:50 AM |
that is the average speed for new york not the fastest speed some places offer 50Mb fiber lines there. |
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Vrmithrax
on September 1, 2009 9:57 AM |
Pretty sad that we in the US lag so far behind, considering how technologically dependent we are... Of course, we do have many orders of magnitude larger areas to cover than the countries above us in the list. Still, I have to think that if the phone companies and cable operators weren't purposely delaying development and throttling the limits of capacity to protect themselves from VOIP and online video sources that threaten their profit margins, we'd be much farther along. They really should have just conceded that broadband is the future, and concentrated on spreading it (so that they were in a prime position as far as demand) rather than dragging their feet to milk everything they could out of their customer base. |
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JudaZ
on September 1, 2009 7:23 PM |
...and I have 100Mb fiber .. .. that was my point with this user .. |
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tengeta
on September 1, 2009 11:29 PM |
I'm at 1Mb/s, which isn't awful but I am getting sick of it staying there considering when I first got broadband it was slightly better than ISDN. Its gotten obvious they could innovate but don't these days, just like the cell companies that hold every feature back to release separately in both time and price. |
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red1776
on September 2, 2009 12:02 AM |
WOW 5.1Mb's the average for the US? I have 50MB's and will never complain about Comcast again (i want Judaz's connection) |
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captaincranky
on September 2, 2009 12:04 AM |
I think we're lower than 28th in literacy and projected life span, but I'm not sure. Research; Wikipedia says we're 17th. But, we're tied at 17th with more than 30 countries. After 17th position, the list jumps to 41st, which is Tonga. Wikipedia says we're 35th in life expectancy. See, now 28th in internet speed doesn't seem so bad, now does it? |
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red1776
on September 2, 2009 12:26 AM |
I think we're lower than 28th in literacy and projected life span, but I'm not sure. Research; Wikipedia says we're 17th. But, we're tied at 17th with more than 30 countries. After 17th position, the list jumps to 41st, which is Tonga. Wikipedia says we're 35th in life expectancy. See, now 28th in internet speed doesn't seem so bad, now does it? now that's perspective! (i think I had split a tonga with my wife once....i had cheese wiz on my half) |
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captaincranky
on September 2, 2009 12:35 AM |
Ole........!
(i think I had split a tonga with my wife once....i had cheese wiz on my half) >>>> [link] <<< And you're absolutely certain that was Cheese Whiz? |
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red1776
on September 2, 2009 1:08 AM |
>>>> [link] <<< And you're absolutely certain that was Cheese Whiz? HIY OHHH! oh man! <<< waving white flag LOL |
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BrownPaper
on September 2, 2009 2:07 AM |
Notice all the countries with fast internet are also very small in comparison to the United States. The high population density and smaller infrastructure costs favors high-speed internet in these countries. In the United States, it will cost a large amount of money to get high speed fiber throughout the whole country. |
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gobbybobby
on September 2, 2009 2:27 AM |
The Uk is small. why am I on a 1.5 meg connection? |
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