Thursday, May 27, 2010

Did you know the states with the fastest broadband Internet speeds?

15 U.S. states with the fastest broadband Internet speeds

Data courtesy the CWA.

When it comes to Internet speed, the U.S. is still far down the ladder of industrialized nations, ranking 28th behind leaders South Korea, Japan, Sweden and Holland, according to a study by a labor union for telecommunications workers.

Using data gathered from Speed Matters, a site that promotes greater Internet speeds, the Communications Workers of America compiled a list of broadband speeds in U.S. states and territories, and came up with the average speed for the nation -- about 5 megabits per second. That's a quarter of South Korea's 20.4 Mbps, and about a third of Japan's 15.8 Mbps.

The study also pointed to the relatively slow rate at which the average U.S. broadband speed rose in recent years, gaining only about 1.6 Mpbs since May 2007. That was a much slower increase than was seen in the U.S. states with the fastest speeds.

California, perhaps the nation's most high-tech-friendly state, ranked only 11th among the 50 states, well behind the national leaders. Still, the state's 6.6 Mbps average put it ahead of where it was two years ago, when it ranked 22nd among states, with barely more than 3 Mbps.

Delaware residents now enjoy the nation's fastest broadband at 9.9 Mbs, nearly twice the national average -- and up more than 5 Mpbs since 2007. At the lower end of the speed range, sparsely inhabited states such as Idaho, Alaska and Montana were well below the national average, clocking in around 2.5 Mbps.

Among the study's conclusions is that broadband speed is not equitably distributed throughout the country. If the U.S. wants all its citizens to have access to equally high-speed Internet, the CWA argues, it will have to invest heavily in telecommunications infrastructure.

Of course, when the U.S. spends some of the $7.2 billion allocated to broadband development in the federal stimulus package, CWA workers would benefit from job creation.

“Every American should have affordable access to high-speed Internet, no matter where they live. This is essential to economic growth and will help maintain our global competitiveness,” CWA President Larry Cohen said.

The study is not scientific: Some states had far more data points to draw from than others, and in a seemingly arbitrary decision, the study included U.S. territories Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (why not Guam, American Samoa, etc.?) where slow speeds helped to bring down the average.

On the other hand, if you've ever tried to check your e-mail in Montana, you know there's some truth to the figures.

Corrected, 8:23 a.m.: An earlier version of this post stated that the CWA study gathered data from speedtest.net. In fact, the survey data was gathered from speedmatters.org; only the international comparison information was taken from speedtest.net.

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Did you know what the fear of snakes is called?

Ophidiophobia or ophiophobia is a particular type of specific phobia, the abnormal fear of snakes. Fear of snakes is sometimes called by a more general term, herpetophobia, fear of reptiles. The word comes from the Greek words "ophis" (ὄφις) which refers to snakes and "phobia" (φοβία) meaning fear.

Care must also be taken to differentiate people who do not like snakes or fear them for their venom or the inherent danger involved. An ophidiophobic would not only fear them when in live contact but also dreads to think about them or even see them on TV or in pictures.

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Did you know that Lawrence Fishburn daugter has appeared in a hardcore movie?

Did you know that Lawrence Fishburne's 19-year-old daughter Montana is making a serious push to break into Hollywood ?

Montana Fishburne is starring in a porno flick for Vivid Entertainment -- explaining, "I've watched how successful Kim Kardashian became and I think a lot of it was due to the release of her sex tape."

Montana says "she knows what she does and she does it well"!!!!!
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She says its a "step in the right direction" Of course in August after the flick is released we will see if her prediction is true.

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Did you know that David copperfield holds 11 guiness world records?

Copperfield 11 Guinness World Records

They include:

1. Largest private collection of magic artifacts

2. Most tickets sold worldwide by a solo entertainer

3. Highest career earnings as a magician

4. Highest Broadway gross in a week

5. Largest Broadway attendance in a week

6. Largest international television audience for a magician

7. Most magic shows performed in a year

8. Most valuable magic poster

9. Largest work archive for a magician

10. Highest annual earnings for a magician

11. Largest illusion ever staged

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Did you know the youngest female artist to debut at number 1?

That would be none other than Britney Spears...

When she released her sixth studio album Circus, in December 2008. Circus became one of the fastest-selling albums of the year,^[100] and has sold 3.5 million copies worldwide.^[101]

Circus debuted at number one in Canada, Czech Republic and the United States, and inside the top in many European nations.^[97]^[98]

Did you know that In the United States, Spears became the youngest female artist to have five albums debut at number one, earning a place in the Guinness Book of World Records?^[99]

Did you know that she also became the only act in the Soundscan era to have four albums debut with 500,000 or more copies sold?^[97]

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