Here’s some excerpts from a great story from our buddies at the New Hampshire Business Review:
NH 8th in Internet Speed
New Hampshire has been clocked as one of the states with the fastest Internet connection speed, according to a 2009 study by the Communications Workers of America.
The Granite State came in eighth, beating out most of New England.
The CWA measured some 2,426 tests in New Hampshire, with an average download speed of 7.7 megabits per second and upload connectivity of about 1.5 mbps.
This year’s results are significantly better than 2008, when New Hampshire ranked 16th, with download speeds of 4.7 mbps and uploads of 974 kilobits per second.
Delaware had the fastest download speeds in the country, at 9.9 mbps, followed by Rhode Island at 9.8 mbps, and New Jersey at 8.9 mbps. Puerto Rico had nation’s slowest speeds, ranking 53rd, at 1.0 mbps, followed by U.S. Virgin Islands, 1.2 mbps, and Montana, 2.3 mbps.
CWA’s annual test measures average Internet connection speeds and compares them to tests conducted in Germany, Japan, Netherlands, South Korea and Sweden.
According to the CWA, the United States ranked 15th behind other industrialized nations in the percent of the population subscribing to broadband.
The “2009 Speed Matters” report can be downloaded at speedmatters.org.
Tags: Communications Workers of America, New Hampshire Business Review