Akamai: Average US Broadband Speed Jumps to 11.4 Mbps

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The average US broadband speed reached 11.4 Mbps in the second quarter of 2014, according to the latest Akamai State of the Internet report. That’s an increase of 8.9% over first quarter of 2014, which saw a 9% speed increase over the last quarter of 2013.

The 11.4 Mbps average broadband speed represented a 39% increase over the same period in 2013. The jump in average connection speed was not high enough to put the U.S. back in the top 10 countries measured by that metric, however. After finding itself in the top 10 for quarter after quarter, the U.S. fell off the top 10 list in the first quarter of 2014. As usual, the 10 US states with the highest average connection speeds were primarily in the East. All states in the top 10 had average broadband connection speeds of at least 12.8 Mbps.


Akamai: Average US Broadband Speed Jumps to 11.4 Mbps