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Global Broadband Speeds Dropped At the End of 2011
darthcamaro writes "A strange thing happened at the end of 2011. For the first time in years, global broadband adoption and speeds dropped. According to Akamai, broadband adoption declined by 4.6 percent and average speeds declined by 14 percent. In a somewhat strange twist, New Jersey now also dominates the top 5 list of fastest broadband cities in the U.S, though Boston is the fastest overall at 8.4 Mbps."
...I'm not surprised.
Instead of providing superior service (at various levels) on a flat-rate connection, you get a degraded connection(at any level) that is metered.
Twitter supports and protects racists - by smearing their critics with the "Hate Speech" label.
Jersey City is right near NYC. wouldn't surprise me if the reason everyone wants broadband is so they can VPN into the office instead of taking the train to work
People seriously need to go back to school and get some reading comprehension.
"New Jersey now also dominates the top 5 list of fastest broadband cities in the U.S"
The phrase "New Jersey dominates the list" means that the majority of cities on that list are in New Jersey.
Oh look (FTA): The fastest city in the US is Boston at 8.4 Mbps; fractionally ahead of North Bergen, NJ for average connection speed. Jersey City, NJ came in third at 8.3 Mbps, Monterey Park, CA fourth at 8.2 Mbps and Clifton, NJ fifth at 8.0 Mbps
3/5 cities on that list are in NJ. Hence, NJ dominates the list.