Speedtest.net owner Ookla has introduced a new service that uses the results of speed tests done each day around the world to create a Net Index. They clock the global broadband speed right now at 7.67 Mbps; the U.S. (#26, dropping to #32 when quality is factored in) is at 10.16 Mbps. The U.S. speed is half that of Japan (#4), but ahead of Russia (#28), Canada (#32), and the UK (#33). It has no city/state in the global top 10.
Here are the top 10 U.S. cities w/30-day average speeds:
San Jose, Calif. 15.03
Saint Paul, Minn. 14.55
Pittsburgh, Pa. 14.13
Oklahoma City, Okla. 12.15
Brooklyn*, N.Y. 12.07
Tampa, Fla. 12.05
Bronx*, N.Y. 11.97
New York*, N.Y. 11.79
Denver, Colo. 11.66
Sacramento, Calif. 11.35
Fort Worth 11.08
Minneapolis 11.00
Seattle 10.70
* I added 3 to make up for NYC having 3 spots in the top 10
The global top 10:
Seoul, South Korea 34.66
Riga, Latvia 27.90
Hamburg, Germany 26.92
Chisinau, Republic of Moldova 24.43
Helsinki, Finland 20.60
Stockholm, Sweden 20.13
Bucharest, Romania 19.65
Sofia, Bulgaria 19.02
Kharkov, Ukraine 18.12
Kaunas, Lithuania 17.48
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