{"id":659733,"date":"2013-05-21T17:30:33","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T21:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blandinonbroadband.org\/?p=8617"},"modified":"2013-05-21T17:30:33","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T21:30:33","slug":"minnesota-not-on-top-ranking-list-for-broadband-availability-according-to-ntia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/659733","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota not on top ranking list for broadband availability according to NTIA"},"content":{"rendered":"

NTIA\u2019s Report on Broadband Availability<\/a> is out. They have tracked availability from June 2010 to June 2012. Here\u2019s the quick answer\u2026<\/p>\n

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Broadband at the basic speed combination of 3\/768 is available to 98.18% of the population, and 94.39% of Americans can subscribe to services of at least 10 Mbps<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019d like to remove that 3\/768 track, but the NTIA explains why they track such slow speeds\u2026<\/p>\n

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NTIA begins its analysis at the combined advertised connection of 3 Mbps downstream and 768 kbps upstream, which is the closest combination of speeds for which NTIA collects data that would allow a consumer to \u201caccess a basic set of applications that include sending and receiving e-mail, downloading Web pages, photos and video, and using simple video conferencing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I think it\u2019s also important to know their definition of available; it\u2019s a little non-standard\u2026<\/p>\n

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For the purposes of NTIA\u2019s data collection, broadband is \u201cavailable\u201d if it can be deployed to a business or consumer within 7-10 business days and without an extraordinary commitment of resources. This definition is in contrast to \u201cadoption,\u201d which means that a consumer or business subscribes to or uses broadband at a particular location. The definition of broadband does not specifically include price, latency, bandwidth limitations, or other factors that may impact a user\u2019s ability to purchase or use the service.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What about Minnesota?<\/strong><\/p>\n

As always I\u2019m most concerned with how Minnesota stacks up in the report. They include a list of the top 15 States with Most Broadband Access at 10, 25, and 50 Mbps. Minnesota does not make any of those lists. I guess on a silver lining note, we don\u2019t make the worst list either. Minnesota also got no mention on a recent Akamai report<\/a> that track speed and adoption. <\/b><\/p>\n

About a week ago, Connect Minnesota gave a sneak preview on Minnesota\u2019s broadband availability<\/a>. (Connect Minnesota provides data to NTIA for their report.)<\/p>\n

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Last October, our data showed that there was 61.57% access across the state at the 10 Mbps by 6 Mbps tier (and 81.97% at the 10 Mbps x 3 Mbps tier, fixed platform; factoring in mobile broadband, we had 87.18% availability at this speed tier).<\/p>\n

As of April 2013, we see an improvement of nearly eight percent: April 2013 data showed that 69.19% of Minnesota households have access to broadband at a minimum of 10 Mbps download by 6 Mbps upload (and 87.0% at the 10 Mbps x 3 Mbps tier, fixed platform; factoring in mobile broadband, we have 97.28% availability at this speed tier). <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s great (really great!) to see a 8 percentage growth \u2013 and hopefully that will put us on track to make the Top 15 list in the future but it doesn\u2019t help us rank today.<\/p>\n

Outside of the Minnesota perspective, there were a few other points I found interesting\u2026<\/p>\n