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East Coast Broadband Fastest In USA

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-can't-even-get-cable dept.

Death Metal Maniac writes "The study, which was conducted by affordable-broadband advocacy group Speed Matters, found that the nine states with the fastest median download connections are all located on the East Coast. Rhode Island (6.8Mbps) and Delaware (6.7Mbps) have the fastest, and nearly triple the national median download speed of 2.3Mbps. Rounding out the Top 5 states are New Jersey (5.8Mbps), Virginia (5Mbps) and Massachusetts (4.6Mbps)."

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  1. geh by snarfies · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That's nice.

    Meanwhile, as of last week, we STILL cannot buy FIOS in Philadelphia. No matter how much I want to give Verizon my money, they just won't take it.

    1. Re:geh by nine-times · · Score: 5, Interesting

      So I called them up and asked how to get started. They did some checking on things, and told me it wasn't available in my area. I was confused. Did they not have my address when they sent me the flyer?

      Yeah. Frustrating. I've been having fliers delivered to my doorstep for *years* now, and yet they're not even remotely in my area. It's not just a situation where the neighbors down the street can get FiOS, but I'm just barely on the other side of the line-- no. You can't get FiOS in my zip code. You can't even get it in my neighboring zipcodes.

    2. Re:geh by nabsltd · · Score: 4, Interesting

      While Slashdotters are often more interested in FiOS internet service, it's cable television services which call the shots. To offer cable in a locality, Verizon must first obtain a license from the city or town.

      This is only for TV service. I had FIOS internet for nearly two years before my county approved Verizon as a cable TV provider.

  2. check this out: by amnezick · · Score: 5, Interesting

    In Romania UPC gives 20mbps for ~30$/mo ... and it is considered a developing country.

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  3. We have 50 Mbps fiber in Utah by GiovanniZero · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The study obviously wasn't that thorough. We have Fiber in utah that gives you 50 Mbps UP and down for $80/mo. It's a helluva lot cheaper and better than Verizon fios.

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  4. hmmm by nomadic · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I get about 756k in Miami for $10 a month. I could go faster I guess, but why bother? When I went from 2400 baud to 44k baud, that was really cool. When I went from 44k baud to cable modem, that was really cool. Any incremental increase after that is eh.