{"id":654854,"date":"2013-04-26T09:03:53","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T13:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blandinonbroadband.org\/?p=8534"},"modified":"2013-04-26T09:03:53","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T13:03:53","slug":"akamai-broadband-reports-mn-doesnt-rank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/654854","title":{"rendered":"Akamai broadband reports \u2013 MN doesn\u2019t rank!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest Akamai report has been released, tracking worldwide broadband growth from Q4 2012. The US does not rank highly by international standards; Minnesota does even worse when compared to other states. We don’t do well with speed or adoption. We saw the same results<\/a> last August.<\/p>\n

Average Measured Connection Speed by Country\/Region – US is #8<\/p>\n

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Average peak connection speed, we’re worse with US at #13.<\/p>\n

In terms of adoption US is #8 – the report measures broadband and “high broadband” defined as 10 Mbps and up. (US ranks #13 for plain old broadband – defined as 4 Mbps.)<\/p>\n

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Akamai only reports on the Top Ten of each listing – except as you can see above including info on the US when it doesn’t make the Top Tem list. So while I don’t know where Minnesota ranks in terms of speeds and adoption, I can tell you we aren’t in the Top Ten of any metric. You can see on the maps below that the ranking lean heavily to the East Coast.<\/p>\n

It’s discouraging. We hear in rural areas of Minnesota about how good broadband can help reach and retain business<\/a> and residents<\/a>. And I’ve heard people talk about lack of broadband has the opposite effect. I don’t think it’s a far stretch to point out that the same effect may be seen at the state and international level. Minnesota and the US may be overlooked by businesses.<\/p>\n

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I’m most interested in the Akamai rankings – but their highlights from the last 5 years were interesting too…<\/p>\n

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This issue of the State of the Internet Report marks the end of five years of publication \u2014 the near equivalent
\nof an eternity in Internet time. Over this half-decade period, we have seen:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n