Comments on: The fastest broadband counties in the U.S.

By: pc repair

pc repair — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 19:37:33 +0000

I’m wondering what the 25 slowest counties are, too. And do you know which Massachusetts county has the fastest broadband?

By: Marvin McConoughey

Marvin McConoughey — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:13:17 +0000

Strongly agree with Bob. Lets hear it for the slowest broadband counties.

By: Paul Livingston

Paul Livingston — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:07:40 +0000

Strongly agree with Bob\’s suggestion, particularly given the plan FCC will be submitting to Congress this coming Tuesday. It would be very useful to see where the slowest counties or even census tracts are located.

By: Gman Nelson

Gman Nelson — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:52:22 +0000

When will Texas make this list?

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:04:04 +0000

They should also publish a list of the 25 slowest broadband counties in the U.S. Perhaps it would embarrass the likes of Comcast and Verizon to expand their coverage areas.

By: calf

calf — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:40:58 +0000

I have a question on your testing. Are these “speed test” testing the whole Internet “pipe” from the local access port (subscriber) to wherever these “speed test” sites are, including the “middle mile” as well as the actual test site’s busy hour times? If that is the case, then it’s not truely testing the subscriber’s access speed, but the “middle mile” as well as all routes (which could theoretically vary with each test), and how busy the “speed test” site is at that particular time. It would seem that a true “speed test” would evaluate each particular piece of the network and report where the “speed” is being limited and not insinuate that it is the “subscribers access speed”. Is there any effort being made to define the many different aspects, or pieces, of the puzzle that is generally referred to as the “Internet”?

By: Randy

Randy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:14:58 +0000

I don’t agree with USF money be diverted to cable providers for high speed internet. That money should be going to rural cell phone providers instead. In Texas as an example there is very spotty coverage on road ways between major cities. at&t, Verizon and Sprint don’t own those areas, so if you get stuck, who can you call when you are 40 miles from the nearest pay phone?

By: Rupert

Rupert — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:12:48 +0000

Not enough competition in my area. I only have one DSL provider: ATT and one Cable company: TWC. No fiber. Wireless is out of the question because it’s too expensive. There is no competition at all in broadband.
No motivation for companies to increase speed because they have a monopoly over the consumers.