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If you would have given us 10 guesses as to where we thought the fastest average broadband speed in the world was located, we still would have gotten it wrong. Who would have thought that Berkeley would top the list, followed by two more U.S. cities?
Yet that's what a recent report from Akamai Technologies claims. According to data collected, Berkeley, California led the list with an average broadband speed of 18.7Mbps. Chapel Hill, North Carolina came in second at 17.0Mbps, while Stanford, California took third place with 13.6Mbps.
Surprisingly, quite a few other U.S. cities ranked high on the list, including Durham, North Carolina in eighth place, followed by Ithaca, New York; Ann Arbo, Michigan; College Station, Texas; Urbana, Illinois; Cambridge, Massachusetts; University Park, Pennsylvania, and East Lansing, Michigan.
So what gives? You might have noticed that all these spots share something in common, namely that each one is home to a major research university.
"What this likely represents is the extremely high speed connections these university/college campuses have to the Internet, as opposed to particularly high-speed consumer broadband services available to local residents. (However, it may also be the case that the speed of local consumer broadband offerings is potentially higher than average.)," Akamai noted.
Surprised?
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510Gamer
April 21, 2010 at 6:12pm
yeeee braaah..
hahaha. And yet Comcast "High-Speed" internet maxs out at about 5MB in Berkeley.
And agreed Stanford SUCKS!
Neufeldt2002
April 21, 2010 at 10:30am
Had a post talking about my connection but the SPAM FILTER BLOCKED IT.
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Please fix the spam filter it does not work right.
big_montana
April 21, 2010 at 7:15am
Big deal, 15Mbps is offered where I live, Warren Michigan. Not everyone purchases the fastest available, they buy what fits their needs and budget. For me teh 15Mbps fit in my budget as Wide OPen West cut my bill from $124 a month to $88 month when I upgraded my plan to digial cable, 15Mbps internet and internet phone from the analog cable and 8Mbps internet I had previously.
