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Forbes: America’s Top Broadband Cities

Posted by samc on January 10th, 2008

Forbes Magazine has compiled a list of America’s Most Wired Cities.

To compile their list, they used the top markets in broadband adoption as determined by Internet market research firm Nielsen Online which eliminated some large, tech-savvy cities, such as San Jose, Calif. (Nielsen aggregates San Jose data with the San Francisco market area, and so San Jose’s broadband can’t be accessed separately.)

They also dropped cities that didn’t make the U.S. Census Bureau’s top 100 list, including Salt Lake City and Hartford, Conn. Then Forbes calculated the number of service providers per city using statistics from the FCC and wi-fi hot spots per capita via public hot spot directory JiWire. Forbes looked at the percentage of Internet users with high-speed access, the range of service providers within a city and the availability of public wireless hot spots.

Atlanta, for example, ranks highest in broadband adoption, access options and fourth in wi-fi availability.

Here’s their list of 30 top U.S. cities:

1. Atlanta, Ga. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 4)
2. Seattle, Wash. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 5)
3. Raleigh, N.C. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 14)
4. (tie) San Francisco, Calif. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 2)
5. (tie) Baltimore, Md. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 18)
5. (tie) Orlando, Fla. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 3)
7. Charlotte, N.C. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 13)
8. Chicago, Ill. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 21)
9. New York, N.Y. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 31)
10. Portland, Ore. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 1)
11. (tie) Washington, D.C. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 8 )
11. (tie) Minneapolis, Minn. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 11)
13. Boston, Mass. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 23)
14. Miami, Fla. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 7)
15. Tampa, Fla. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 9)
16. Cincinnati, Ohio (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 12)
17. Denver, Colo. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 17)
18. Phoenix, Ariz. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 29)
19. Dallas, Texas (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 26)
20. San Diego, Calif. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 16)
21. Columbus, Ohio (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 22)
22. Kansas City, Mo. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 19)
23. Pittsburgh, Pa. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 6)
24. Indianapolis, Ind. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 20)
25. Nashville, Tenn. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 28)
26. Philadelphia, Pa. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 30)
27. Los Angeles, Calif. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 32)
28.(tie) Milwaukee, Wis. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 27)
28.(tie) St. Louis, Mo. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 10)
30. Sacramento, Calif. (Ranked by hotspots per per capita; 15)


source : dailywireless.org